CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64171

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a PM reference leak was found in the Tegra I2C driver. The function fails to call pm_runtime_put() after a mutex lock failure, preventing the device from entering runtime suspend.

Risk Assessment

The runtime PM reference leak keeps the I2C device permanently active, increasing power consumption and potentially causing overheating or faster battery drain in embedded systems.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds the missing pm_runtime_put() call before returning on mutex lock failure in the tegra_i2c_mutex_lock() function.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: tegra: fix pm_runtime leak on mutex_lock failure If tegra_i2c_mutex_lock() fails, the function returns without calling pm_runtime_put(), leaking the runtime PM reference acquired by the preceding pm_runtime_get_sync(). This prevents the device from ever entering runtime suspend. Add the missing pm_runtime_put() before returning on lock failure.

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