CVE-2026-80991

net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown ravb_ptp_interrupt() can race with ravb_ptp_stop() and pass the clock to ptp_clock_event() while ptp_clock_unregister() is freeing it. This can lead to a use-after-free. Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() for lockless access to the clock pointer. Atomically detach it with xchg() before disabling PTP interrupts, then synchronize all IRQs which can invoke ravb_ptp_interrupt() before unregistering the detached clock. A handler which read the old pointer completes before the clock is unregistered, while later handlers read NULL and skip the event.

Affected

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

4.2a0d2f20650e81407d8e51ad2cbdc492861c74e9c
Vendor states this is fixed in 1cb9663789c5b7a12fcd419fcca6d6254c398252 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 66b50c31419e7946e9aa325a468ad9b64c961a25 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 67a82e6f886beed0de8f8da08bb767e68fba952d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 695acb5534a9e366efb47b40c7487fc56488b09b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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