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i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race Adapters can be looked up by their id using i2c_get_adapter() which takes a reference to the embedded struct device. Remove the adapter from the IDR before tearing it down during deregistration (and on registration failure) to make sure its resources are not accessed after having been freed (e.g. the device name).

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.12.96, 6.18.39, 6.6.145, 7.1.4
CVEs
CVE-2026-64279
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
5 Nov 2026, 01:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2026, 08:49 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race Adapters can be looked up by their id using i2c_get_adapter() which takes a reference to the embedded struct device. Remove the adapter from the IDR before tearing it down during deregistration (and on registration failure) to make sure its resources are not accessed after having been freed (e.g. the device name).

osv:CVE-2026-64279

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, 6.18.39, 7.1.4

Complete source record
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