CVE-2026-80952
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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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:19:00.927000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:17:26.600000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni3c: master: Fix info leak and UAF in device unregister path\n\ni3c_master_unregister_i3c_devs() clears i3cdev->dev->desc before\ncalling device_unregister(). During device_unregister(),\ndevice_del() emits a KOBJ_REMOVE uevent and unbinds the driver while\nthe device descriptor is still expected to be valid. As a result,\ni3c_device_uevent() and a racing modalias_show() can observe a NULL\ndesc and fall back to an uninitialized stack struct i3c_device_info,\nleaking kernel stack contents in the generated modalias. Driver\n.remove() callbacks may also encounter an unexpected NULL desc during\nunbind.\n\nKeep desc valid until device_unregister() has completed. Since\ndevice_unregister() drops the device reference and may free the device,\ntake an extra reference with get_device() before unregistering. Clear\ndesc afterwards and release the extra reference with put_device().\nThis preserves the release-time invariant that desc must be NULL while\navoiding both the information leak and a potential use-after-free from\nwriting desc after the device has been released."
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