CVE-2026-93054

uio: Fix stale info pointer in failed registration path

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uio: Fix stale info pointer in failed registration path After device_add(), the UIO device is visible to userspace and /dev/uioX can be opened. If a later setup step fails, __uio_register_device() unwinds the device but leaves idev->info pointing at the caller-owned struct uio_info. That is unsafe when an opener races with the failed registration path. The open file keeps a reference to the uio_device, while the caller sees registration failure and may free its struct uio_info. Later file operations can then follow idev->info and dereference freed memory. Handle post-device_add() failures like unregister: remove UIO attributes while the info pointer is still valid, then clear idev->info under info_lock and wake existing waiters/async users before removing the device and minor. This makes already-open file descriptors observe the same "device gone" state as normal uio_unregister_device().

Affected

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

085d735c858934e5d5bfaedb1fc98bd9135e6ff14.14.1004.1885d735c858934e5d5bfaedb1fc98bd9135e6ff1a93e7b331568227500186a465fee3c2cb5dffd1f
Vendor states this is fixed in 15340b00e665af805523b08515294a1aa1778151 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 16695e9059d80ea6661e8399064b0c01f641dd8c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 234156f6c6d9ec35dc47abbcc3adc3c79fc6a5ac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 506b43dde5f9ac0068b1360e6b5dbee07fda59fb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 63eaa7663335d482a8825c231213e312cacea567 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 67b6fc084b034a91c3ec7907a3fed89a2450f30b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in df4faf65194ec6c315a59be4c6749eaeb3009243 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ec5bd6731183eb6f619140c9bef2ee11ed818c20 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

7HIGHLinux
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