GHSA-jprm-rcxh-4jgpHighCVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: use READ_ONCE()...

Published
August 28, 2026
Last Modified
August 29, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

driver core: use READ_ONCE() for dev->driver in dev_has_sync_state()

dev_has_sync_state() reads dev->driver twice without holding device_lock() -- once for the NULL check and once to dereference ->sync_state. Some callers only hold device_links_write_lock, which doesn't prevent a concurrent unbind from clearing dev->driver via device_unbind_cleanup().

Fix it by reading dev->driver exactly once with READ_ONCE(), pairing with the WRITE_ONCE() in device_set_driver().

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