{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-99039",
  "modified": "2026-10-24T04:30:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-99039"
  ],
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:29:05Z",
  "summary": "memstick: core: wait for request completion before freeing card",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmemstick: core: wait for request completion before freeing card\n\nIn memstick_alloc_card() and memstick_set_rw_addr(),\nwait_for_completion_timeout() is used to wait for device identification\nand address configuration requests to complete.\n\nThe memstick subsystem does not provide an abort or cancellation\ncallback in struct memstick_host for in-flight requests. If\nwait_for_completion_timeout() expires (for instance, when a USB transfer\nor command retry is delayed), memstick_alloc_card() returns an error and\nfrees the memstick_dev structure via kfree(card).\n\nHowever, the host controller driver (such as rtsx_usb_ms) is still\nrunning the request asynchronously in worker context. When the transfer\neventually finishes, the driver writes into host->req->data, which\npoints to memory inside the already freed card structure. This leads to\na KASAN slab-use-after-free write:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ms_read_bytes+0x8fe/0x990\n  Write of size 1 at addr ffff88813c188079 by task kworker/1:5/5239\n  Workqueue: events rtsx_usb_ms_handle_req\n  Call Trace:\n   ms_read_bytes+0x8fe/0x990 drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c:450\n   rtsx_usb_ms_issue_cmd drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c:477 [inline]\n   rtsx_usb_ms_handle_req+0x557/0x1a00 drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c:531\n   process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3396\n   worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3560\n   kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436\n\n  Allocated by task 1662:\n   memstick_alloc_card drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c:383 [inline]\n   memstick_check+0x2c1/0x10d0 drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c:452\n   process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3396\n\n  Freed by task 1662:\n   kfree+0x20c/0x650 mm/slub.c:6792\n   memstick_alloc_card drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c:420 [inline]\n   memstick_check+0x72b/0x10d0 drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c:452\n   process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3396\n\nHost controller drivers (rtsx_usb_ms, jmb38x_ms, tifm_ms, r592) already\nimplement their own hardware and bus timeouts, and callers in\nmspro_block and ms_block already rely on wait_for_completion()\nunconditionally.\n\nReplace wait_for_completion_timeout() with wait_for_completion() in\nmemstick_set_rw_addr() and memstick_alloc_card() so that the card\nstructure is never freed while an asynchronous request is in flight.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
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      "database_specific": {
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            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": null,
            "compiled_filter": false
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      }
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99039"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ab92542475d59ae685cbb294e70ca4d0ba38e9"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810580cf60edc75c9891c2de3225e4cda78e4d9f"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2795c50144d528dabc2cf2fd53c0f0c63a823a1"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3af81770e2011c6ac7bb597a4af2e4f3591f928c"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa0a37b5024d921e96ac4f8f487c8bfbf1f1a582"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-10-23T12:29:05Z"
  }
}