Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23454

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU124916

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23454

Published: April 6, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124916
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23454
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() when tearing down hardware channels while interrupt handlers are still executing. A local attacker can trigger concurrent channel teardown and interrupt handling to cause a denial of service.

The issue is caused by a race condition where caller_ctx may be freed before the completion queue and event queue are destroyed, which can lead to a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference in mana_hwc_handle_resp().


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Basesystem Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_15-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15-debugsource
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-syms
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-extra
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-docs
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-23454

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_15-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.184.155, 5.15.0-184.194, 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1, 5.15.0.186.166, 5.15.0-186.196, 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1075.78, 5.15.0-1075.79, 5.15.0.1095.94, 5.15.0-1095.103, 5.15.0.1104.100, 5.15.0-1104.109, 5.15.0.1108.107, 5.15.0-1108.114, 5.15.0.1111.115, 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1, 5.15.0.1112.102, 5.15.0.1112.109, 5.15.0-1112.122, 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1, 6.8.0-136.136, 6.8.0-1046.50, 6.8.0-1059.67, 6.8.0-1064.72, 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1056.57, 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.186.109, 5.15.0-186.196+fips1, 5.15.0.1106.103, 5.15.0-1106.110, 5.15.0.1107.107, 5.15.0-1107.108, 5.15.0.1112.108, 5.15.0.1112.115, 5.15.0-1112.119, 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1, 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1, 6.8.0-1061.64+1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1053.53, 5.15.0.1053.55, 5.15.0.1064.64, 5.15.0-1064.66
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1104.106, 5.15.0.1104.108, 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1106.104, 5.15.0-1106.109, 6.8.0-1061.65, 6.8.0-2050.52
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1107.106, 5.15.0-1107.113
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0-1109.115, 5.15.0.1117.115, 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1, 6.17.0-1015.15, 6.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1117.102, 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1, 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1062.69
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.170-1, 6.12.85-1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136+fips2, 6.8.0-136.136.2, 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.31, 6.8.0-1033.34, 6.8.0-1061.62, 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1059.62, 6.8.0-1059.62.1, 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1, 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1

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