CVE-2026-64279 PUBLISHED

i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

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).

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to d39282f552dd6c35b9b84b4af78f1198c24f3373 (excl.)
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to 11dfa37bf544cc806f21742ca2fd2d841bd7032e (excl.)
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to 9882a9bd74db08e7bae5821a7050627ae92d3380 (excl.)
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to bb234487a447a99315add1b46aa57b72e163e1eb (excl.)
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to b6d2af6fe9c1f5ec0484536753c979cbd40a8ac3 (excl.)
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to 35dbd1f1f603401155cbd3a180bb18e3a3b675b8 (excl.)
  • affected from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181 to b1a58ed9eab146b36f41a55db8f5d7ce9fdedf3f (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.31 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.31 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.212 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.178 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.145 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.96 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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