CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64589

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's I2C subsystem, there is a vulnerability causing a NULL-pointer dereference on adapter registration failure. If registration fails, the release callback attempts to access an uninitialized completion structure, leading to a crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes a system crash (kernel panic) on I2C adapter registration failure, which could affect devices using I2C.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that initializes the completion structure before potential registration failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: core: fix NULL-deref on adapter registration failure If adapter registration ever fails the release callback would trigger a NULL-pointer dereference as the completion struct has not been initialised. Note that before the offending commit this would instead have resulted in a minor memory leak of the adapter name.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS