usb: typec: ucsi: unregister debugfs entries on teardown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: unregister debugfs entries on teardown ucsi_register() creates per-instance debugfs entries, but ucsi_unregister() keeps them around until ucsi_destroy(). Drivers like ucsi_glink that unregister/register the same UCSI instance across remoteproc restart then try to create an already existing debugfs directory and log: debugfs: 'pmic_glink.ucsi.0' already exists in 'ucsi' Unregister debugfs entries as part of ucsi_unregister(), and clear ucsi->debugfs after freeing it so repeated unregister paths remain safe.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 6.6.157, 7.2.6
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-100079
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
usb: typec: ucsi: unregister debugfs entries on teardown
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 25 Sept 2026, 13:06 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: unregister debugfs entries on teardown ucsi_register() creates per-instance debugfs entries, but ucsi_unregister() keeps them around until ucsi_destroy(). Drivers like ucsi_glink that unregister/register the same UCSI instance across remoteproc restart then try to create an already existing debugfs directory and log: debugfs: 'pmic_glink.ucsi.0' already exists in 'ucsi' Unregister debugfs entries as part of ucsi_unregister(), and clear ucsi->debugfs after freeing it so repeated unregister paths remain safe.
osv:CVE-2026-100079
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6
Complete source record
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