CVE-2026-53400

HIGH

i2c: core: fix adapter registration race

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 1.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.22 - 5.10.261linux
linux/Kernel 2.6.22 - 6.12.95linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.212linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.178linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.38linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.1.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.145linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.95linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.22
Linux/Linux 2.6.22
... and 17 more
Published Jul 19, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 19, 2026