CVE-2026-98210
kernel: mmc: mxcmmc: cancel data work and watchdog on remove
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 6, 2026
Updated · October 9, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mxcmmc host driver. A local user with administrative privileges could trigger this vulnerability by unbinding or removing the device, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) or potential arbitrary code execution. The driver fails to cancel active background tasks and watchdog timers before freeing host resources during device removal, resulting in a use-after-free condition when a pending task or timer fires and accesses freed memory.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference