CVE-2026-80678

i2c: imx: Fix slave registration race and error handling

CVE-2026-80678 is fixed in 31 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80678, released August 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.4
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0014
3rd percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: imx: Fix slave registration race and error handling In i2c_imx_reg_slave(), the slave pointer was assigned before pm_runtime_resume_and_get(). If pm_runtime_resume_and_get() failed, the error path returned without clearing i2c_imx->slave, leaving it non-NULL and causing all subsequent registration attempts to fail with -EBUSY. Additionally, because this driver uses a shared IRQ, the interrupt handler i2c_imx_isr() can execute concurrently and, after acquiring slave_lock, dereference i2c_imx->slave. The previous fix attempt added a lockless i2c_imx->slave = NULL on the error path, but that could race with the ISR under the lock and still cause a NULL pointer dereference. Fix both issues by deferring the assignment of i2c_imx->slave and i2c_imx->last_slave_event to after a successful resume, and by performing the assignment inside the slave_lock critical section. This guarantees that the slave pointer is never left stale on the error path and is always valid when observed by the interrupt handler.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
bpftool · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1.150700.17.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_24 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-container · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-container · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-container-debug · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-container-debug · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-devel · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-devel · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-doc · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-doc · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.187-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80678 Aug 29, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.105-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80678 Aug 29, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80678 Aug 29, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80678 Aug 29, 2026

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