CVE-2026-98847
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Linux Kernel RTC Spear IRQ State Initialization Flaw

Publication date: 2026-10-18

Last updated on: 2026-10-18

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: spear: initialize IRQ state before requesting alarm IRQ devm_request_irq() enables the interrupt before it returns, so the handler may run while probe is still initializing the device. Initialize the MMIO address and spinlock before requesting the alarm IRQ.

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Published
2026-10-18
Last Modified
2026-10-18
Generated
2026-10-18
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
CVE-2026-98847
EUVD
EUVD-2026-103787

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Linux Linux 0942a71e435f5198921e8f072540f208f0176542
Linux Linux 0942a71e435f5198921e8f072540f208f0176542
Linux Linux 0942a71e435f5198921e8f072540f208f0176542
Linux Linux 0942a71e435f5198921e8f072540f208f0176542
Linux Linux 3.0

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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