Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: core: fix adapter registration race Adapters can be looked up based on their id using i2c_get_adapter() which takes a reference to the embedded struct device. Make sure that the adapter (including its struct device) has been initialised before adding it to the IDR to avoid accessing uninitialised data which could, for example, lead to NULL-pointer dereferences or use-after-free. Note that the i2c-dev chardev, which is registered from a bus notifier, currently uses i2c_get_adapter() so the adapter needs to be added to the IDR before registration.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1febb174815bcae56d73587e99e8f87e02f0784d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e57c788e71f1763445f812eba4e0b4a2fbd0646 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a946038f2a5a8c29048c6af369d4e391448a5c5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/78793c75dc6d0ff2e4d50ad617349b328a99054e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4365bc41baaf67f3a5aa8556d23544e6ec7480a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c8094bbf4c6fa68b17e3b16f6a0a1b7a14f3e0 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba14d7cf2fe7284610a29854bdff22b2537d3ce6 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da9d8d9711f78deebc202d0cffcf577e45ee8621 Patch
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-362
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