# CVE-2026-98938: rust: irq: pass RegistrationInner as cookie to request\_irq

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108910
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 29e16fcd67ee5b1d0417a657294cf96fdf2f8df9, fixed in 9a7931e847f338a687e96cde9f37e0cff83ddd84
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rust: irq: pass RegistrationInner as cookie to request_irq With commit ba268514ea14 ("rust: devres: fix race condition due to nesting"), Devres::new() returns Result<Self> by value instead of initializing in-place via PinInit. Because request_irq() is called inside Devres::new(), registration.inner is still uninitialized when the IRQ is enabled, so accessing registration.inner.device() in the IRQ callback can read uninitialized memory. Fix this by storing the Device and handler pointer in RegistrationInner and passing RegistrationInner as the IRQ cookie after its fields are initialized. This is not needed in mainline because commit 98c63ce4d760 ("rust: irq: make Registration compatible with lifetime-bound drivers") removed Devres from irq::Registration and moved request_irq() after all fields are initialized.

## What to do

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a7931e847f338a687e96cde9f37e0cff83ddd84

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