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CVE-2026-80953

CVE-2026-80953 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.4 HIGH

Reported by Linux · Published September 11, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i3c: master: adi: initialize the lock before enabling interrupts adi_i3c_master_probe() requests the IRQ and unmasks REG_IRQ_PENDING_CMDR before the controller's IBI state, transfer queue list and transfer queue lock are initialized. A pending CMDR interrupt can therefore run adi_i3c_master_irq() and take master->xferqueue.lock before the dynamic lock has been initialized. This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually reviewed against the current tree. The grounded PoC kept the probe ordering and the IRQ path adi_i3c_master_probe() -> adi_i3c_master_irq() -> xferqueue.lock, with a pending CMDR interrupt arriving after REG_IRQ_PENDING_CMDR is unmasked. Lockdep reported: INFO: trying to register non-static key. you didn't initialize this object before use? lock_acquire+0xbb/0x290 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x36/0x60 adi_i3c_master_irq+0x32/0x56 [vuln_msv] adi_i3c_master_probe+0x5a/0xf47 [vuln_msv] Initialize the transfer queue and IBI state before requesting and unmasking the IRQ.

EPSS 0.18% · 7.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.18%
7.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinuxa79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086, a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086, a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086
LinuxLinux6.18, 0, 6.18.50
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1, a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086, a79ac2cdc91d6be3010f2e9a3b2a2ccfc26e2086
linuxlinux_kernel6.18, 6.18, 6.18

Timeline

  • Sep 11, 2026 CVE Published
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 12, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 13, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 13, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Sep 17, 2026 EPSS Score

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