CVE-2026-98740

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Altera Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) driver. Certain setup functions were incorrectly designated as temporary initialization routines that are released from memory after startup. When device registration is deferred or manually re-triggered, the driver attempts to execute code from this released memory. A local user with administrative access or specific boot conditions can trigger this vulnerability, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a system crash or kernel memory corruption.

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