CVE-2026-80677
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: use READ_ONCE() for dev->driver in dev_has_sync_state() dev_has_sync_state() reads dev->driver twice without holding device_lock() -- once for the NULL check and once to…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). 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: driver core: use READ_ONCE() for dev->driver in dev_has_sync_state() dev_has_sync_state() reads dev->driver twice without holding device_lock() -- once for the NULL check and once to dereference ->sync_state. Some callers only hold device_links_write_lock, which doesn't prevent a concurrent unbind from clearing dev->driver via device_unbind_cleanup(). Fix it by reading dev->driver exactly once with READ_ONCE(), pairing with the WRITE_ONCE() in device_set_driver().
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 7th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/358697929351f619143f59c6a8a15a4994748b79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51b3e1de53ee5b7775c7ff90e67fdb2665fce938
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e79e0180515b31b2e2244dc3d256fd8b5a07021
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/860885fcd2611bca8c28dac8b2c1c7ff160f763e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89789e4c141904506163dcb91c7289a074573931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b0f4082a09760939588135d60a8e9cc994bfa3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc77f0d91e3214e4292208f02a1dc09a31f9aac7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9506871a8ea304cde48ff4a57226df2aadddae3
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.