CVE-2026-68314

net: mctp i3c: clean up notifier and buses if driver register fails

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp i3c: clean up notifier and buses if driver register fails mctp_i3c_mod_init() registers the I3C bus notifier and then walks the existing buses with i3c_for_each_bus_locked(mctp_i3c_bus_add_new, NULL) before registering the I3C device driver. If i3c_driver_register() fails, the function returns the error directly, leaving the notifier registered and every mctp_i3c_bus object created for the existing buses allocated. The notifier is left pointing into the module that failed to load and the bus list is leaked. Mirror the module exit path on this failure: unregister the notifier and tear down the buses that were added before returning the error. This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while reviewing kernel code.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.1016.7 ≤ v < 6.18.426.7 ≤ v < 7.1.66.7 ≤ v < 7.26.7c8755b29b58ec65be17bcb8c40763d2dcb1f1db5
Vendor states this is fixed in 03d1057305ef17ac3f5936ac1580bc9a1a826e14 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 49d15cfab247c0f60ce1800bdcd66850beea7b3a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a40e83a34eaa2be64372286040696f04eabcd09f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a8bd8c109da5a87f0c5db0c23cf550d039fde77c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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