High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80953
i3c: master: adi: initialize the lock before enabling interrupts
8.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i3c: master: adi: initialize the lock before enabling interrupts
adi_i3c_master_probe() requests the IRQ and unmasks REG_IRQ_PENDING_CMDR
before the controller's IBI state, transfer queue list and transfer
queue lock are initialized. A pending CMDR interrupt can therefore run
adi_i3c_master_irq() and take master->xferqueue.lock before the dynamic
lock has been initialized.
This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually
reviewed against the current tree.
The grounded PoC kept the probe ordering and the IRQ path
adi_i3c_master_probe() -> adi_i3c_master_irq() -> xferqueue.lock, with a
pending CMDR interrupt arriving after REG_IRQ_PENDING_CMDR is unmasked.
Lockdep reported:
INFO: trying to register non-static key.
you didn't initialize this object before use?
lock_acquire+0xbb/0x290
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x36/0x60
adi_i3c_master_irq+0x32/0x56 [vuln_msv]
adi_i3c_master_probe+0x5a/0xf47 [vuln_msv]
Initialize the transfer queue and IBI state before requesting and
unmasking the IRQ.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086 before a15a1b95de980362c14f32f519b293b0d12ce86f; a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086 before de8c32b0a246bbb4b44ec29e12769496a0bf66f7; a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086 before 8a53f9102a0d3eeb8784999f925028acf339c276; 6.18 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80953
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80953
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a53f9102a0d3eeb8784999f925028acf339c276
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a15a1b95de980362c14f32f519b293b0d12ce86f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de8c32b0a246bbb4b44ec29e12769496a0bf66f7
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