High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80952
i3c: master: Fix info leak and UAF in device unregister path
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i3c: master: Fix info leak and UAF in device unregister path
i3c_master_unregister_i3c_devs() clears i3cdev->dev->desc before
calling device_unregister(). During device_unregister(),
device_del() emits a KOBJ_REMOVE uevent and unbinds the driver while
the device descriptor is still expected to be valid. As a result,
i3c_device_uevent() and a racing modalias_show() can observe a NULL
desc and fall back to an uninitialized stack struct i3c_device_info,
leaking kernel stack contents in the generated modalias. Driver
.remove() callbacks may also encounter an unexpected NULL desc during
unbind.
Keep desc valid until device_unregister() has completed. Since
device_unregister() drops the device reference and may free the device,
take an extra reference with get_device() before unregistering. Clear
desc afterwards and release the extra reference with put_device().
This preserves the release-time invariant that desc must be NULL while
avoiding both the information leak and a potential use-after-free from
writing desc after the device has been released.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 before 334cfb5e285cece5dc49fb3fb8ea9b70b2cb5d7e; 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 before 109995153898454c7795c2c299fd0a0b57456a4b; 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 before c64daaaba08e490c8347ff60aacac4dd51249f91; 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 before ef72ff6650c4ebf2b444708d84df66db42f262d9; 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 before c16b6f25e0cc2dd1055dde1256cbf5a9e888cf49; 3a379bbcea0af6280e1ca0d1edfcf4e68cde6ee0 before 94fb9786d67a8f8b899e77381620f86bad94fdf7; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80952
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80952
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109995153898454c7795c2c299fd0a0b57456a4b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/334cfb5e285cece5dc49fb3fb8ea9b70b2cb5d7e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4837be0f9ac2efe5e83b35a696b6242c473d280c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94fb9786d67a8f8b899e77381620f86bad94fdf7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16b6f25e0cc2dd1055dde1256cbf5a9e888cf49
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c64daaaba08e490c8347ff60aacac4dd51249f91
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