CVE-2026-93283 json
i3c: master: Fix device_register() error path
published 2026-09-24 45 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-86155
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i3c: master: Fix device_register() error path
When device_register() fails in i3c_master_register_new_i3c_devs(), put_device() is called to drop the reference taken by device_register(). That drops the last reference, so the device's release callback i3c_device_release() runs and frees the i3c_device.
Two problems follow from that:
i3c_device_release() does WARN_ON(i3cdev->desc), so it warns because desc->dev->desc still points back at the descriptor. Clear it before calling put_device().
After put_device() frees the i3c_device, desc->dev is left pointing at freed memory, so clear desc->dev as well. That prevents, for example, i3c_master_unregister_i3c_devs() seeing desc->dev as non-NULL and dereferencing it.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.5, 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93283
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93283
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- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.9-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12074-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf498623f8397d45f85f14cd631c5e5a565c2fb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/20a2b6df91fd782ef2ff551febef594d0b46a9a7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14dbdf471001dd0601b0c491184990c178a199c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d22ad96f1a0c89e0ba66a2facc7430f0923919e3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f8e2c4f3704d9774bb26b49b1ad6a60ae57d4a0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ef12e1dd06e442eebf370f6e53c41bd056d0f22 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ecf17bf5fe8da51a6e3fc9e03a76898fcc5c6cf commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/74be657d98a8d684c0475f3cbd450ef2a30ffc73 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-93283 updated cvss 7.0
kernel: i3c: master: Fix device_register() error path
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5bf498623f8397d45f85f14cd631c5e5a565c2fb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/20a2b6df91fd782ef2ff551febef594d0b46a9a7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a14dbdf471001dd0601b0c491184990c178a199c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d22ad96f1a0c89e0ba66a2facc7430f0923919e3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7f8e2c4f3704d9774bb26b49b1ad6a60ae57d4a0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7ef12e1dd06e442eebf370f6e53c41bd056d0f22
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6ecf17bf5fe8da51a6e3fc9e03a76898fcc5c6cf
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/74be657d98a8d684c0475f3cbd450ef2a30ffc73
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-93283
- NVD CVE-2026-93283
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