CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-97508

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Thunderbolt driver, after stopping the domain, the root_switch pointer is not set to NULL. The fix sets it to NULL, causing tb_xdp_handle_request() to return an error to the remote host. However, the uuid must be kept alive to respond until the domain is released.

Risk Assessment

Improper pointer handling could lead to incorrect responses or access to non-existent resources, potentially enabling remote attacks.

Recommendation

Update the kernel to a version with the fix that properly clears the domain state.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Set tb->root_switch to NULL when domain is stopped Similarly what we do with the firmware connection manager. This makes tb_xdp_handle_request() return error to the remote host. However, we need to make sure we keep the uuid alive so that we can reply until the whole domain is released.

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