High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80991
net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown
ravb_ptp_interrupt() can race with ravb_ptp_stop() and pass the clock to
ptp_clock_event() while ptp_clock_unregister() is freeing it. This can
lead to a use-after-free.
Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() for lockless access to the clock pointer.
Atomically detach it with xchg() before disabling PTP interrupts, then
synchronize all IRQs which can invoke ravb_ptp_interrupt() before
unregistering the detached clock.
A handler which read the old pointer completes before the clock is
unregistered, while later handlers read NULL and skip the event.
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)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
a0d2f20650e81407d8e51ad2cbdc492861c74e9c before b917f37bfcce919a969d66a044580a95b11df31c; a0d2f20650e81407d8e51ad2cbdc492861c74e9c before 695acb5534a9e366efb47b40c7487fc56488b09b; a0d2f20650e81407d8e51ad2cbdc492861c74e9c before 67a82e6f886beed0de8f8da08bb767e68fba952d; a0d2f20650e81407d8e51ad2cbdc492861c74e9c before 66b50c31419e7946e9aa325a468ad9b64c961a25; a0d2f20650e81407d8e51ad2cbdc492861c74e9c before 1cb9663789c5b7a12fcd419fcca6d6254c398252; 4.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80991
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80991
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb9663789c5b7a12fcd419fcca6d6254c398252
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b50c31419e7946e9aa325a468ad9b64c961a25
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67a82e6f886beed0de8f8da08bb767e68fba952d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/695acb5534a9e366efb47b40c7487fc56488b09b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b917f37bfcce919a969d66a044580a95b11df31c
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