CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53119

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 platform/wmi subsystem, a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability was found related to the driver_override field. When a driver is probed via __driver_attach(), the bus's match() function is called without holding the device lock, allowing concurrent access to the driver_override field without synchronization, leading to UAF.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to exploit the use-after-free bug for privilege escalation or arbitrary code execution in kernel context.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that uses the generic driver_override infrastructure from the kernel core, which provides proper locking.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/wmi: use generic driver_override infrastructure When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match() callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF. Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking care of proper locking internally. Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock held is intentional. [1]

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