{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-93251","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-17T16:02:15.096Z","datePublished":"2026-09-24T15:51:27.511Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-25T12:42:43.009Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-25T12:42:43.009Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPI: bus: Introduce acpi_bus_get_primary_device()\n\nThe function used for obtaining the first \"physical\" device for which\nthe given ACPI one is the ACPI companion, acpi_get_first_physical_node(),\nmay return a stale device pointer (mostly in theory) because\nacpi_unbind_one() may run as a whole after dropping the ACPI device's\nphysical_node_lock in acpi_get_first_physical_node() and before it\nreturns.  The last reference to the \"physical\" device may be dropped\nthen before the pointer to it is returned to the caller.\n\nIf that happens and the acpi_get_first_physical_node() caller invokes\nget_device() on the pointer obtained from it, which is done by the\nmajority of its callers, a use-after-free will occur.\n\nTo prepare for addressing this problem, introduce a new function for\ngetting the first \"physical\" device associated with the given ACPI one\n(the \"primary physical device\") that will also reference count the\ndevice in question before returning a pointer to it.\n\nMake that new function and acpi_get_first_physical_node() share the\nphysical node list lookup code.\n\nNo intentional functional impact."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/acpi/bus.c","include/acpi/acpi_bus.h"],"versions":[{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","lessThan":"5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","lessThan":"72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649","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/acpi/bus.c","include/acpi/acpi_bus.h"],"versions":[{"version":"3.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","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":"3.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649"}],"title":"ACPI: bus: Introduce acpi_bus_get_primary_device()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}