CVE-2026-93815

net: au1000: move free_irq out of the close-time spinlocked section

CVE-2026-93815 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93815, released September 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
4.1
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: au1000: move free_irq out of the close-time spinlocked section au1000_close() calls free_irq() while aup->lock is still held with spin_lock_irqsave(). free_irq() can sleep because it takes the IRQ descriptor request mutex, so it does not belong inside the close-time spinlocked section. This was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of the in-tree au1000_close() .ndo_stop path. The reviewed path keeps aup->lock held across the MAC reset, queue stop and free_irq(dev->irq, dev). A directed runtime validation kept that ndo_stop carrier and the same free_irq(dev->irq, dev) operation under the driver lock. Lockdep reported "BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context" and "Invalid wait context" while free_irq() was taking desc->request_mutex, with au1000_close() and free_irq() on the stack. Drop aup->lock before freeing the IRQ. The protected close-time work still stops the device and queue before IRQ teardown, but the sleepable IRQ core path now runs outside the spinlocked section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.190-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93815 Sep 24, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93815 Sep 24, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93815 Sep 24, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93815 Sep 24, 2026

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