Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: use READ_ONCE() for dev->driver in dev_has_sync_state() dev_has_sync_state() reads dev->driver twice without holding device_lock() -- once for the NULL check and once to dereference ->sync_state. Some callers only hold device_links_write_lock, which doesn-t prevent a concurrent unbind from clearing dev->driver via device_unbind_cleanup(). Fix it by reading dev->driver exactly once with READ_ONCE(), pairing with the WRITE_ONCE() in device_set_driver().
EPSS 0.17600000000000002%Risk 0
View source- Published
- 2026-08-28 08:16:52
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Kernel
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28 08:16:52
- Vector
- Pending