{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "17805a15d1751f5d6bb06f924f9bed216feb8db7"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "f469d850854101eae60dd4080244f114a9bcf2b5"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b62e3db8cdc1680e1c3390591e872f485148541a"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98973.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/bridge: Fix unlocked list_del in drm_bridge_add()\n\nWhen re-adding a bridge that was previously removed, drm_bridge_add()\ndrops it from bridge_lingering_list without holding bridge_lock.\n\nBoth bridge_list and bridge_lingering_list are protected by bridge_lock,\nas they are concurrently modified by drm_bridge_remove() and\n__drm_bridge_free(), and walked by the debugfs 'bridges' file.  Running\nthe list_empty() test and the list_del_init() outside of the lock may\ntherefore corrupt either list.\n\nPerform both under bridge_lock.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98973",
  "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:57.854403565Z",
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:19:46.458Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b62e3db8cdc1680e1c3390591e872f485148541a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f469d850854101eae60dd4080244f114a9bcf2b5"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98973.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98973"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "summary": "drm/bridge: Fix unlocked list_del in drm_bridge_add()"
}