i3c: master: Fix info leak and UAF in device unregister path
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80952
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m64m-jwhp-5878
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/334cfb5e285cece5dc49fb3fb8ea9b70b2cb5d7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109995153898454c7795c2c299fd0a0b57456a4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c64daaaba08e490c8347ff60aacac4dd51249f91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef72ff6650c4ebf2b444708d84df66db42f262d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16b6f25e0cc2dd1055dde1256cbf5a9e888cf49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94fb9786d67a8f8b899e77381620f86bad94fdf7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4837be0f9ac2efe5e83b35a696b6242c473d280c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c743efd2d1ee64e94324664808f623dd865872
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80952 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80952 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m64m-jwhp-5878 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80952 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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