{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-31769","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-03-09T15:48:24.140Z","datePublished":"2026-05-01T14:14:58.617Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:15:27.405Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:15:27.405Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers\n\nThe IBRD, IBWRT, IBCMD, and IBWAIT ioctl handlers use a gpib_descriptor\npointer after board->big_gpib_mutex has been released.  A concurrent\nIBCLOSEDEV ioctl can free the descriptor via close_dev_ioctl() during\nthis window, causing a use-after-free.\n\nThe IO handlers (read_ioctl, write_ioctl, command_ioctl) explicitly\nrelease big_gpib_mutex before calling their handler.  wait_ioctl() is\ncalled with big_gpib_mutex held, but ibwait() releases it internally\nwhen wait_mask is non-zero.  In all four cases, the descriptor pointer\nobtained from handle_to_descriptor() becomes unprotected.\n\nFix this by introducing a kernel-only descriptor_busy reference count\nin struct gpib_descriptor.  Each handler atomically increments\ndescriptor_busy under file_priv->descriptors_mutex before releasing the\nlock, and decrements it when done.  close_dev_ioctl() checks\ndescriptor_busy under the same lock and rejects the close with -EBUSY\nif the count is non-zero.\n\nA reference count rather than a simple flag is necessary because\nmultiple handlers can operate on the same descriptor concurrently\n(e.g. IBRD and IBWAIT on the same handle from different threads).\n\nA separate counter is needed because io_in_progress can be cleared from\nunprivileged userspace via the IBWAIT ioctl (through general_ibstatus()\nwith set_mask containing CMPL), which would allow an attacker to bypass\na check based solely on io_in_progress.  The new descriptor_busy\ncounter is only modified by the kernel IO paths.\n\nThe lock ordering is consistent (big_gpib_mutex -> descriptors_mutex)\nand the handlers only hold descriptors_mutex briefly during the lookup,\nso there is no deadlock risk and no impact on IO throughput."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c","drivers/gpib/include/gpib_types.h"],"versions":[{"version":"9dde4559e93955ccc47d588f7fd051684d55c4e7","lessThan":"cae26eff1b56d78bed7873cf3e60a2b1bdd4da6c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9dde4559e93955ccc47d588f7fd051684d55c4e7","lessThan":"28c75dd143ead62e0dfac564c79d251e21d5d74b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9dde4559e93955ccc47d588f7fd051684d55c4e7","lessThan":"d1857f8296dceb75d00ab857fc3c61bc00c7f5c6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpib/common/gpib_os.c","drivers/gpib/include/gpib_types.h"],"versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.22","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.12","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.22"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.12"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae26eff1b56d78bed7873cf3e60a2b1bdd4da6c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c75dd143ead62e0dfac564c79d251e21d5d74b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1857f8296dceb75d00ab857fc3c61bc00c7f5c6"}],"title":"gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}