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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98740"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-18T15:47:24.602Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:24:50.943Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98740"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98740.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98740"
title: "EDAC/altera: Drop __init from ECC setup paths for re-probe safety"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nEDAC/altera: Drop __init from ECC setup paths for re-probe safety\n\nSashiko reports:\n\n\"Does suppressing sysfs unbinding fully prevent the execution of freed __init\nmemory? If altr_sysmgr_regmap_lookup_by_phandle() returns -EPROBE_DEFER, the\nprobe is deferred until after __init memory is freed.\"\n\nThe a10 EDAC .setup callbacks (sdmmc, ethernet, nand, dma, usb, qspi) and\ntheir helpers (altr_init_a10_ecc_device_type, altr_init_a10_ecc_block) were\nmarked __init. These run from the probe path, which may execute after init\nmemory is freed -- e.g. a probe deferred via -EPROBE_DEFER that only succeeds\nonce a late/module dependency appears, or a manual unbind/rebind. Calling\n__init code then dereferences freed memory. Remove __init so these functions\nremain valid at runtime."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"788586efd116d6d7d05985881eda503333e702b4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9846b85c2eb8b749c3f14bdcc31b1070f6aabba8"},{"version":"788586efd116d6d7d05985881eda503333e702b4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4ec26cb7984740941892ad21fa974963c198bfaa"},{"version":"788586efd116d6d7d05985881eda503333e702b4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b62a264163ca51bee04785c581344751812395df"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.2"},{"version":"6.18.56","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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