CVE-2026-64589 PUBLISHED

i2c: core: fix NULL-deref on adapter registration failure

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 06.08.2026 Updated: 06.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: core: fix NULL-deref on adapter registration failure

If adapter registration ever fails the release callback would trigger a NULL-pointer dereference as the completion struct has not been initialised.

Note that before the offending commit this would instead have resulted in a minor memory leak of the adapter name.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e19f31169f85c712c9fca35bfd28ceb093a9f574 to 2ce0a74bfa3acdfcdb00cf02f181f2754b451f42 (excl.)
  • affected from 3f8c4f5e9a57868fa107016c81165686d23325f2 to 3351c5e77749a0c8a1e252b95420c143ebcf07ac (excl.)
  • affected from 3f8c4f5e9a57868fa107016c81165686d23325f2 to 034e307428119b67f5f18a35e4f4e7d15a2b9774 (excl.)
  • affected from 3f8c4f5e9a57868fa107016c81165686d23325f2 to 2295d2bb101faa663fbc45fadbb3fec45f107441 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.12.11 to 6.12.96 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.13 (excl.)
  • 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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