{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-31530", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-03-09T15:48:24.112Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-22T13:54:42.563Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-22T13:54:42.563Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-22T13:54:42.563Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxl/port: Fix use after free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep()\n\ncxl_detach_ep() is called during bottom-up removal when all CXL memory\ndevices beneath a switch port have been removed. For each port in the\nhierarchy it locks both the port and its parent, removes the endpoint,\nand if the port is now empty, marks it dead and unregisters the port\nby calling delete_switch_port(). There are two places during this work\nwhere the parent_port may be used after freeing:\n\nFirst, a concurrent detach may have already processed a port by the\ntime a second worker finds it via bus_find_device(). Without pinning\nparent_port, it may already be freed when we discover port->dead and\nattempt to unlock the parent_port. In a production kernel that's a\nsilent memory corruption, with lock debug, it looks like this:\n\n[]DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(__owner_task(owner) != get_current())\n[]WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:949 at __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x1ee/0x310\n[]Call Trace:\n[]mutex_unlock+0xd/0x20\n[]cxl_detach_ep+0x180/0x400 [cxl_core]\n[]devm_action_release+0x10/0x20\n[]devres_release_all+0xa8/0xe0\n[]device_unbind_cleanup+0xd/0xa0\n[]really_probe+0x1a6/0x3e0\n\nSecond, delete_switch_port() releases three devm actions registered\nagainst parent_port. The last of those is unregister_port() and it\ncalls device_unregister() on the child port, which can cascade. If\nparent_port is now also empty the device core may unregister and free\nit too. So by the time delete_switch_port() returns, parent_port may\nbe free, and the subsequent device_unlock(&parent_port->dev) operates\non freed memory. The kernel log looks same as above, with a different\noffset in cxl_detach_ep().\n\nBoth of these issues stem from the absence of a lifetime guarantee\nbetween a child port and its parent port.\n\nEstablish a lifetime rule for ports: child ports hold a reference to\ntheir parent device until release. Take the reference when the port\nis allocated and drop it when released. This ensures the parent is\nvalid for the full lifetime of the child and eliminates the use after\nfree window in cxl_detach_ep().\n\nThis is easily reproduced with a reload of cxl_acpi in QEMU with CXL\ndevices present."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/cxl/core/port.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5", "lessThan": "d216a4bd138eb57cc4ae7c43b2f709e3482af7e2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5", "lessThan": "2c32141462045cf93d54a5146a0ba572b83533dd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5", "lessThan": "f7dc6f381a1e5f068333f1faa9265d6af1df4235", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5", "lessThan": "19d2f0b97a131198efc2c4ca3eb7f980bba8c2b4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/cxl/core/port.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.3", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.80", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.21", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.80"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.21"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.11"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d216a4bd138eb57cc4ae7c43b2f709e3482af7e2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c32141462045cf93d54a5146a0ba572b83533dd"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dc6f381a1e5f068333f1faa9265d6af1df4235"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d2f0b97a131198efc2c4ca3eb7f980bba8c2b4"}], "title": "cxl/port: Fix use after free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

{}

{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxl/port: Fix use after free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep()\n\ncxl_detach_ep() is called during bottom-up removal when all CXL memory\ndevices beneath a switch port have been removed. For each port in the\nhierarchy it locks both the port and its parent, removes the endpoint,\nand if the port is now empty, marks it dead and unregisters the port\nby calling delete_switch_port(). There are two places during this work\nwhere the parent_port may be used after freeing:\n\nFirst, a concurrent detach may have already processed a port by the\ntime a second worker finds it via bus_find_device(). Without pinning\nparent_port, it may already be freed when we discover port->dead and\nattempt to unlock the parent_port. In a production kernel that's a\nsilent memory corruption, with lock debug, it looks like this:\n\n[]DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(__owner_task(owner) != get_current())\n[]WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:949 at __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x1ee/0x310\n[]Call Trace:\n[]mutex_unlock+0xd/0x20\n[]cxl_detach_ep+0x180/0x400 [cxl_core]\n[]devm_action_release+0x10/0x20\n[]devres_release_all+0xa8/0xe0\n[]device_unbind_cleanup+0xd/0xa0\n[]really_probe+0x1a6/0x3e0\n\nSecond, delete_switch_port() releases three devm actions registered\nagainst parent_port. The last of those is unregister_port() and it\ncalls device_unregister() on the child port, which can cascade. If\nparent_port is now also empty the device core may unregister and free\nit too. So by the time delete_switch_port() returns, parent_port may\nbe free, and the subsequent device_unlock(&parent_port->dev) operates\non freed memory. The kernel log looks same as above, with a different\noffset in cxl_detach_ep().\n\nBoth of these issues stem from the absence of a lifetime guarantee\nbetween a child port and its parent port.\n\nEstablish a lifetime rule for ports: child ports hold a reference to\ntheir parent device until release. Take the reference when the port\nis allocated and drop it when released. This ensures the parent is\nvalid for the full lifetime of the child and eliminates the use after\nfree window in cxl_detach_ep().\n\nThis is easily reproduced with a reload of cxl_acpi in QEMU with CXL\ndevices present."}], "id": "CVE-2026-31530", "lastModified": "2026-04-22T14:16:53.293", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-04-22T14:16:53.293", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d2f0b97a131198efc2c4ca3eb7f980bba8c2b4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c32141462045cf93d54a5146a0ba572b83533dd"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d216a4bd138eb57cc4ae7c43b2f709e3482af7e2"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dc6f381a1e5f068333f1faa9265d6af1df4235"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{}

{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5,d216a4bd138eb57cc4ae7c43b2f709e3482af7e2)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5,2c32141462045cf93d54a5146a0ba572b83533dd)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5,f7dc6f381a1e5f068333f1faa9265d6af1df4235)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[2345df54249c6fb7779e2a72b427ee79ed3eaad5,19d2f0b97a131198efc2c4ca3eb7f980bba8c2b4)"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 99.0, "confidence_source": "inferred", "scores": [{"score": 99.0, "source": "inferred"}, {"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Linux", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Linux"}, "product": "linux_kernel", "vendor": "linux"}, {"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "6.3"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[0,6.3)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[6.12.80,6.13.0)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[6.18.21,6.19.0)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[6.19.11,6.20.0)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[7.0,*]"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 99.0, "confidence_source": "inferred", "scores": [{"score": 99.0, "source": "inferred"}, {"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Linux", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Linux"}, "product": "linux_kernel", "vendor": "linux"}], "created": "2026-04-22T20:15:20.260286+00:00", "updated": "2026-04-22T20:15:20.260386+00:00", "vendors": ["linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux_kernel"]}