UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-89983
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: core: fix debugfs UAF on adapter removal i2c_del_adapter() frees the adapter's debugf
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: core: fix debugfs UAF on adapter removal
i2c_del_adapter() frees the adapter's debugfs directory before it
unregisters the adapter device, but the new_device sysfs attribute
stays writable until device_del(). A write racing with removal still
reaches i2c_device_probe(), which passes the freed adap->debugfs to
debugfs_create_dir() as the new client's parent:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88803ef87810 by task syz.0.61/6090
lookup_noperm_common+0x407/0x430
simple_start_creating+0x9c/0x110
debugfs_start_creating+0xdb/0x1a0
debugfs_create_dir+0x24/0x350
i2c_device_probe+0x814/0xbf0
It's technically possible to create a client after i2c_deregister_clients
has run. That client will never be unregistered and make
wait_for_completion hang.
Close the window by removing the new_device attribute at the start of
i2c_del_adapter(). device_remove_file() will drain any clients left.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112b3d48084c820bbccf41d9783fd122e3ac4cb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f1bcd4eca6caa3e4258d9a31925112539406eb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/552836be2d95c688eede6371f85532abe1a71232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643fb872aa04342d27dbef52b2b3cf3fe71b2c7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15b548d52b43ba8ac4652bc2c7244a8dd1e9622
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-16 via NVD.
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