CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-31399

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's nvdimm/bus subsystem, there is a potential use-after-free vulnerability during asynchronous initialization. If device_add() fails, accessing freed memory may occur.

Risk Assessment

The risk is system crashes or arbitrary code execution due to accessing freed memory, potentially leading to security breaches.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes this issue, available in newer kernel versions.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm/bus: Fix potential use after free in asynchronous initialization Dingisoul with KASAN reports a use after free if device_add() fails in nd_async_device_register(). Commit b6eae0f61db2 ("libnvdimm: Hold reference on parent while scheduling async init") correctly added a reference on the parent device to be held until asynchronous initialization was complete. However, if device_add() results in an allocation failure the ref count of the device drops to 0 prior to the parent pointer being accessed. Thus resulting in use after free. The bug bot AI correctly identified the fix. Save a reference to the parent pointer to be used to drop the parent reference regardless of the outcome of device_add().

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