CVE-2026-31749
MEDIUM SEVERITYCVSS Score & Metrics
Base Score
5.5 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
comedi: ni_atmio16d: Fix invalid clean-up after failed attach
If the driver's COMEDI "attach" handler function (`atmio16d_attach()`)
returns an error, the COMEDI core will call the driver's "detach"
handler function (`atmio16d_detach()`) to clean up. This calls
`reset_atmio16d()` unconditionally, but depending on where the error
occurred in the attach handler, the device may not have been
sufficiently initialized to call `reset_atmio16d()`. It uses
`dev->iobase` as the I/O port base address and `dev->private` as the
pointer to the COMEDI device's private data structure. `dev->iobase`
may still be set to its initial value of 0, which would result in
undesired writes to low I/O port addresses. `dev->private` may still be
`NULL`, which would result in null pointer dereferences.
Fix `atmio16d_detach()` by checking that `dev->private` is valid
(non-null) before calling `reset_atmio16d()`. This implies that
`dev->iobase` was set correctly since that is set up before
`dev->private`.
comedi: ni_atmio16d: Fix invalid clean-up after failed attach
If the driver's COMEDI "attach" handler function (`atmio16d_attach()`)
returns an error, the COMEDI core will call the driver's "detach"
handler function (`atmio16d_detach()`) to clean up. This calls
`reset_atmio16d()` unconditionally, but depending on where the error
occurred in the attach handler, the device may not have been
sufficiently initialized to call `reset_atmio16d()`. It uses
`dev->iobase` as the I/O port base address and `dev->private` as the
pointer to the COMEDI device's private data structure. `dev->iobase`
may still be set to its initial value of 0, which would result in
undesired writes to low I/O port addresses. `dev->private` may still be
`NULL`, which would result in null pointer dereferences.
Fix `atmio16d_detach()` by checking that `dev->private` is valid
(non-null) before calling `reset_atmio16d()`. This implies that
`dev->iobase` was set correctly since that is set up before
`dev->private`.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-476
Source
NVD
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101ab946b79ad83b36d5cfd47de587492a80acf0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3848ae00b1642e2c98ff8cbfd2d3b38c6f53b5c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c68a2c7cc35b7c2a83c285cb4ad3d472b8caa2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8d88c8c0eec230de8f1f60e0920a4337939a88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/933a2d6a95f9bfb203e562c9be1dd990c735535c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a01dd339ea6ac58b0967a50085622a6017351140
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07d97ca4f7fac467cdcf4a012690853958b7e89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f517646e008fe99ca1800601cd011b110f8684ae
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