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CVE-2026-99001

Linux: drm/xe/i2c: cancel the client work on remove

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in2efa187fd4c9b8d7edcae0c1acf46739ce39fd01Also 175d654cd48320ad52d0f82dc3f4e3c063c3c5ca, 611857adc9e7b0ee1239a0baf38498922ca5a12eCVE List
Published23 Oct 2026Updated 23 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 2efa187fd4c9b8d7edcae0c1acf46739ce39fd01LinuxCVE List
  • 175d654cd48320ad52d0f82dc3f4e3c063c3c5caLinuxCVE List
  • 611857adc9e7b0ee1239a0baf38498922ca5a12eLinuxCVE List

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Description

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

drm/xe/i2c: cancel the client work on remove

xe_i2c_notifier() stores the DesignWare adapter in i2c->adapter and schedules i2c->work when the adapter is registered under the xe I2C platform device, and xe_i2c_client_work() then instantiates the AMC client device on that adapter.

xe_i2c_remove() tears down the AMC, unregisters the client devices, the bus notifier and the adapter platform device, but it never drains i2c->work. A work item that is still queued or running when the adapter is unregistered dereferences i2c->adapter in i2c_new_client_device() after platform_device_unregister() has released the adapter. The work item is also embedded in the devm-allocated struct xe_i2c, so a work item still queued after the drm device devm unwind frees that allocation runs its callback on freed memory.

The bus notifier is the only thing that schedules this work, and it is unregistered after the client devices. An instance that is still queued when the teardown runs can therefore write i2c->client[XE_I2C_CLIENT_AMC] while the loop is unregistering and clearing the same array, and an AMC client it instantiates late is only cleaned up by the adapter's own child sweep in i2c_del_adapter().

Move bus_unregister_notifier() in front of the client teardown loop and cancel the work right after it, so no new instance can be scheduled and a queued instance is drained before the client array is touched. A running instance still finds a live adapter, since the adapter is unregistered later.

(cherry picked from commit a23f27d5ec11c3f418c5e5531eea34ccda2b5b20)

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: f0e53aadd702c64b2c2090996751c9be043f9e80 before 2efa187fd4c9b8d7edcae0c1acf46739ce39fd01CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: f0e53aadd702c64b2c2090996751c9be043f9e80 before 175d654cd48320ad52d0f82dc3f4e3c063c3c5caCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: f0e53aadd702c64b2c2090996751c9be043f9e80 before 611857adc9e7b0ee1239a0baf38498922ca5a12eCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.17CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.17CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.58 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.11 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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