# CVE-2025-68755: staging: most: remove broken i2c driver

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.120, 6.12.114, 6.17.13, 6.18.2
- Published: 2026-01-05 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.6
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.6.0, fixed in 6.6.120; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.17.13; from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: most: remove broken i2c driver The MOST I2C driver has been completely broken for five years without anyone noticing so remove the driver from staging. Specifically, commit 723de0f9171e ("staging: most: remove device from interface structure") started requiring drivers to set the interface device pointer before registration, but the I2C driver was never updated which results in a NULL pointer dereference if anyone ever tries to probe it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.120, 6.12.114, 6.17.13, 6.18.2) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4cb61138482dd0b7ba551037b61f5e50a889604
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cbba922934805f86eece6ba7010b7201962695d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d50bc913b69fa18a5c6fbf293c7a87962e22ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6059a66dba7f26b21852831432e17075f1a1c783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e463548fd80e779efea1cb2d3049b8a7231e6925
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/495df2da6944477d282d5cc0c13174d06e25b310

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