CVE-2026-89982

Summary

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

i2c: mux: Fix channel node leak on adapter add failure

i2c_mux_add_adapter() takes a reference to the Device Tree channel node before registering the new adapter. If adapter registration fails, the error path frees the private data without dropping that reference.

Release the channel node before freeing the private data.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < 4f42f70afd2447f3c82ca69d1e03466a75348ba9affected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < 4c9bc46a2a4afb7a11c48d33bdf19febab431015affected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < dd2c1e6747b17b24ecddd48a7bb6bb964c2793d1affected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < 0927153f2abf48b6cc3e5f27063a17f7a8d47f38affected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < b580f062b24c4eef562f08f210c028adb34ef14eaffected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < 2b3b06cb709c4bf75a3fe3da3a0ca368ee3b40e5affected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < 694e7e6edf249723ca7d3ef77c2ca1badfc78dc4affected
LinuxLinuxbc45449b1444611d68466ae7f45f235420d79019 < 385c7af4e3b95d0769fd211831674e83b16a2ebfaffected
LinuxLinux3.5affected
LinuxLinux0 < 3.5unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.270 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.221 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.188 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.157 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.110 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.51 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2.5 <= 7.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References