Linux Kernel up to 6.18.58/7.2.12 accel/rocket rocket_devfreq.c rocket_remove allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.58/7.2.12. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function rocket_remove of the file drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_devfreq.c of the component accel/rocket. This manipulation causes allocation of resources. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-99184. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.58/7.2.12 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function rocket_remove of the file drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_devfreq.c of the component accel/rocket. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/rocket: search every core slot when a core is removed rocket_remove() decrements rdev->num_cores for each core it removes, while find_core_for_dev() searches slots 0 to num_cores - 1. Unbinding the cores in the order they were bound therefore loses the last one: by the time it is removed the search range has already shrunk past its slot, so find_core_for_dev() returns -1 and rocket_remove() gives up without doing anything. num_cores never reaches zero, rocket_device_fini() never runs, and the file-scoped rdev keeps pointing at a device that is going away. Binding the cores again starts from that stale count, because rocket_probe() takes rdev->num_cores as the slot to fill. On an RK3588, which describes three cores, the second round lands on slots 1, 2 and 3 while rdev->cores was allocated with room for three: rocket fdab0000.npu: Rockchip NPU core 1 version: 1179210309 rocket fdac0000.npu: Rockchip NPU core 2 version: 1179210309 rocket fdad0000.npu: Rockchip NPU core 3 version: 1179210309 The write to rdev->cores[3] is past the end of the array. Nothing in tree reads the core array often enough to notice, so the overrun is silent today. It turned up while testing a devfreq series on top of this, where a worker walks every core a few times a second, and UBSAN caught the first bool it read out of the overrun entry: UBSAN: invalid-load in drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_devfreq.c:47:10 load of value 5 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' Workqueue: devfreq_wq devfreq_monitor Record how many slots were allocated and search all of them. Every core is then found on removal, num_cores reaches zero, the device is torn down and a later bind starts from a clean rdev. This does not make unbinding a single core out of several work. probe still takes num_cores as the slot to fill, so rebinding one core while its siblings stay bound would write over a slot that is already in use, and rocket_open() still reaches for cores[0] whether or not anything is there. Both of those want more thought than a fix should carry. Found by unbinding and rebinding all three cores on an Orange Pi 5 Plus. With this applied, 25 unbind/rebind rounds and 5 module unload/reload rounds run clean there: the cores land in slots 0, 1 and 2 every time, whichever order they are bound in, and the shared supply goes back to a single user after each round.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-99184 since 09/25/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 6.18.59 or 7.2.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5078c91f5c84bb383d0a10ed39856f98575e39cf/134451cf95cb6aa04b725fbfa04e878d072756f5/6eff1d69dae808a1518aee5a58d0853a8db3f1be is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
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• 7.2.0
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• 7.2.11
• 7.2.12

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 6.18.59/7.2.13
Patch: 5078c91f5c84bb383d0a10ed39856f98575e39cf/134451cf95cb6aa04b725fbfa04e878d072756f5/6eff1d69dae808a1518aee5a58d0853a8db3f1be

Timelineinfo

09/25/2026 CVE reserved
10/28/2026 +33 days Advisory disclosed
10/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-99184 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-99184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-427945

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2026 12:55
Changes: 10/28/2026 12:55 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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