UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72482
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpib: fix double decrement of descriptor_busy in command_ioctl() commit d1857f8296dc ("gpi
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpib: fix double decrement of descriptor_busy in command_ioctl()
commit d1857f8296dc ("gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers")
introduced a descriptor_busy reference counter to pin struct
gpib_descriptor across IO ioctl operations. In command_ioctl(), the
error path inside the loop decrements descriptor_busy and breaks, but
execution then falls through to the unconditional decrement after the
loop, underflowing the counter to -1.
This re-enables the use-after-free that the original fix was meant to
prevent: a concurrent close_dev_ioctl() sees descriptor_busy == 0 on
an actively-used descriptor and frees it.
Remove the early decrement from the error path. The post-loop
decrement already handles all exit paths, matching the correct pattern
used in read_ioctl() and write_ioctl().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b5f1d295dda8677e4545ce340053fcfa8b634c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4faab452b3c1ada003d49c477609dd80523b9bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdee9f207a48ce204ec6cfceaa1459d2473600a5
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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