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High · 7.0 CVE-2026-64587 EUVD-2026-53774GHSA-9p7c-hfwg-795w

net: ethernet: arc: emac: quiesce interrupts before requesting IRQ

Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 8, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: arc: emac: quiesce interrupts before requesting IRQ

Normal RX/TX interrupts are enabled later, in arc_emac_open(), so probe
should not see interrupt delivery in the usual case. However, hardware may
still present stale or latched interrupt status left by firmware or the
bootloader.

If probe later unwinds after devm_request_irq() has installed the handler,
such a stale interrupt can still reach arc_emac_intr() during teardown and
race with release of the associated net_device.

Avoid that window by putting the device into a known quiescent state before
requesting the IRQ: disable all EMAC interrupt sources and clear any
pending EMAC interrupt status bits. This keeps the change hardware-focused
and minimal, while preventing spurious IRQ delivery from leftover state.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.11 5.10.253

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.19.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.85-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.170-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1096.98 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-136.136 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1061.64 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1063.71 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1062.69 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1064.72 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1059.67 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1046.50 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1061.62 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-136.136.2 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1059.62.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1030.31 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1058.61 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1061.65 USN-8665-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-vmware 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1033.34 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-186.196 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1112.119 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure +1 5.15.0-1117.126 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1112.122 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1108.114 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1095.103 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1106.110 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1107.113 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1104.109 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-184.194 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1107.108 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1064.66 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1053.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1109.115 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1106.109 USN-8668-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1075.79 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2050.52 USN-8665-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1056.57 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1104.106 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1111.120 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-136.136+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-186.196+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1 USN-8668-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —

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