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CVE-2026-53400 HIGH

Published: 2026-07-19 | Last Modified: 2026-09-08 | Status: Modified

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.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Type: Secondary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 5.9

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-362

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d239fbe8900> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d23a59c8c40> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d23a59cacc0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d239fbeb5c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d239fbea500> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d239fbe8f80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d23a59c8200> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
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Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References

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