CVE-2026-72482

gpib: fix double decrement of descriptor_busy in command_ioctl()

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Aug 9, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpib: fix double decrement of descriptor_busy in command_ioctl()

commit d1857f8296dc ("gpib: fix use-after-free in IO ioctl handlers") introduced a descriptor_busy reference counter to pin struct gpib_descriptor across IO ioctl operations. In command_ioctl(), the error path inside the loop decrements descriptor_busy and breaks, but execution then falls through to the unconditional decrement after the loop, underflowing the counter to -1.

This re-enables the use-after-free that the original fix was meant to prevent: a concurrent close_dev_ioctl() sees descriptor_busy == 0 on an actively-used descriptor and frees it.

Remove the early decrement from the error path. The post-loop decrement already handles all exit paths, matching the correct pattern used in read_ioctl() and write_ioctl().

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • cae26eff1b56d78bed7873cf3e60a2b1bdd4da6c to before fdee9f207a48ce204ec6cfceaa1459d2473600a5Affected
  • d1857f8296dceb75d00ab857fc3c61bc00c7f5c6 to before 8b5f1d295dda8677e4545ce340053fcfa8b634c7Affected
  • d1857f8296dceb75d00ab857fc3c61bc00c7f5c6 to before c4faab452b3c1ada003d49c477609dd80523b9bfAffected
  • 28c75dd143ead62e0dfac564c79d251e21d5d74bAffected
  • 6.18.22 to before 6.18.40Affected
  • 6.19.12 to before 6.20Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 7.0Affected
  • before 7.0Not affected
  • 6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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