# CVE-2026-93260: powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.12.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free When xive_init_ipis() fails (e.g. irq_domain_alloc_irqs() fails), the error path frees the global xive_ipis array. However, xive_smp_probe() previously ignored this failure and proceeded to call xive_setup_cpu_ipi(), which dereferences the already-freed xive_ipis pointer -- a use-after-free. Now that xive_smp_probe() returns int (previous patch), propagate the error from xive_init_ipis() and xive_setup_cpu_ipi() through xive_smp_probe(). Check the return value in both pnv_smp_probe() and pSeries_smp_probe() so that IPI setup is aborted cleanly on failure, avoiding the use-after-free.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89e1caa5b0aafe23e9938d9a311e9d41baee583e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e36b1c2eafcaaddefa70d55e6fda74cf6cda38af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ea6238343691309e68308131c7e80c3ae05afea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9ab0c9cede9f149733d330e2d7d45341b71359
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c554a8d376d5aea1b237ed6bef6f9fbfc550e67f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411a3c016e7a95f5fa105a0587e07d0647a77727

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