CVE-2026-74461
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer In i2c_imx_unreg_slave(), the slave pointer is set to NULL after disabling interrupts.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer In i2c_imx_unreg_slave(), the slave pointer is set to NULL after disabling interrupts. However, a pending interrupt might already have started the hrtimer (i2c_imx_slave_timeout) before the pointer was cleared. If the hrtimer fires after i2c_imx->slave is set to NULL, the timer callback i2c_imx_slave_finish_op() will call i2c_imx_slave_event() with a NULL slave pointer, which results in a use-after-free / NULL pointer dereference. Fix by canceling the hrtimer and waiting for it to complete after disabling interrupts, before clearing the slave pointer.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470fe15fb3bb2eba6629be301ca7e991ee3cfb7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac7702b6cc2b94aaed9ef2d95bfbefcdc90061f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753060f2b77ff2f386addbd3ecadb95b9f90cddd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a1f9ac3d763e721586f15479ef9140b216ddf3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/affd62f5719a78135b7441aa49c8cab3c3b5e838
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab4762ee7f3fd0a01980d5407ba48d0261d3bff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3da77bdb4015051656bb472c295656bbea03b6f
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.