Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: core: fix debugfs UAF on adapter removal
i2c_del_adapter() frees the adapter's debugfs directory before it unregisters the adapter device, but the new_device sysfs attribute stays writable until device_del(). A write racing with removal still reaches i2c_device_probe(), which passes the freed adap->debugfs to debugfs_create_dir() as the new client's parent:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88803ef87810 by task syz.0.61/6090 lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430 simple_start_creating+0x9c/0x110 debugfs_start_creating+0xdb/0x1a0 debugfs_create_dir+0x24/0x350 i2c_device_probe+0x814/0xbf0
It's technically possible to create a client after i2c_deregister_clients has run. That client will never be unregistered and make wait_for_completion hang.
Close the window by removing the new_device attribute at the start of i2c_del_adapter(). device_remove_file() will drain any clients left.
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 0e8926abfd7aee220e44be5566affd7a8580b50e, < dc33a9762538b3250ed6b5644a4d44c748be33a6; >= e2a268b0f512fb18ae5961b1fdfaf610ed6bd661, < 1f1bcd4eca6caa3e4258d9a31925112539406eb6; >= 4a2be5a72865bdd219b2d8c327b9fa03e87a4a9e, < f9094ace03e0a532cc6505d2e97b61ae738da4ed; >= 73febd775bdbdb98c81255ff85773ac410ded5c4, < 643fb872aa04342d27dbef52b2b3cf3fe71b2c7b; >= 73febd775bdbdb98c81255ff85773ac410ded5c4, < 112b3d48084c820bbccf41d9783fd122e3ac4cb0; >= 73febd775bdbdb98c81255ff85773ac410ded5c4, < 552836be2d95c688eede6371f85532abe1a71232; >= 73febd775bdbdb98c81255ff85773ac410ded5c4, < b15b548d52b43ba8ac4652bc2c7244a8dd1e9622; >= 5.15.168, < 5.15.221; >= 6.1.113, < 6.1.188; >= 6.6.55, < 6.6.157 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.8 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112b3d48084c820bbccf41d9783fd122e3ac4cb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f1bcd4eca6caa3e4258d9a31925112539406eb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/552836be2d95c688eede6371f85532abe1a71232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643fb872aa04342d27dbef52b2b3cf3fe71b2c7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15b548d52b43ba8ac4652bc2c7244a8dd1e9622
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc33a9762538b3250ed6b5644a4d44c748be33a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9094ace03e0a532cc6505d2e97b61ae738da4ed
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received