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CVE-2026-80953

HIGH · CVSS 8.4 EPSS 0.18% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-11 · Last synced 2026-09-14

CyberRota Analysis

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The vulnerability affects the Linux kernel's I3C master driver, specifically in the adi_i3c_master_probe() function, where the transfer queue lock is not initialized before enabling interrupts. This can lead to a race condition, allowing a pending command interrupt to access an uninitialized lock, potentially causing system instability or crashes. Organizations using affected Linux kernel versions, particularly those relying on I3C devices, should prioritize addressing this issue to maintain system integrity and reliability.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2026-80953
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.4
EPSS
0.18%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.