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

accel/rocket: clear rdev on device init failure

rocket_probe() stores the return value from rocket_device_init() in the
file-scoped rdev pointer before checking whether it is an error pointer.
If rocket_device_init() fails, rdev is left as an ERR_PTR.

The rdev pointer is also used as the marker for whether the shared rocket
device has already been initialized. A later core probe can therefore see
a non-NULL rdev, skip rocket_device_init(), and dereference the error
pointer when reading rdev->num_cores.

Save the error code and clear rdev before returning from the
rocket_device_init() failure path.
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux linux
Vendors & Products Linux linux

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-12

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/rocket: clear rdev on device init failure rocket_probe() stores the return value from rocket_device_init() in the file-scoped rdev pointer before checking whether it is an error pointer. If rocket_device_init() fails, rdev is left as an ERR_PTR. The rdev pointer is also used as the marker for whether the shared rocket device has already been initialized. A later core probe can therefore see a non-NULL rdev, skip rocket_device_init(), and dereference the error pointer when reading rdev->num_cores. Save the error code and clear rdev before returning from the rocket_device_init() failure path.
Title accel/rocket: clear rdev on device init failure
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T10:36:04.110Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.401Z

Link: CVE-2026-99210

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T11:17:42.417

Modified: 2026-10-28T11:17:42.417

Link: CVE-2026-99210

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2026-10-28T16:30:15Z

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