CVE-2026-80991
net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 26, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown
ravb_ptp_interrupt() can race with ravb_ptp_stop() and pass the clock to ptp_clock_event() while ptp_clock_unregister() is freeing it. This can lead to a use-after-free.
Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() for lockless access to the clock pointer. Atomically detach it with xchg() before disabling PTP interrupts, then synchronize all IRQs which can invoke ravb_ptp_interrupt() before unregistering the detached clock.
A handler which read the old pointer completes before the clock is unregistered, while later handlers read NULL and skip the event.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0400b9c5608933289bcacc3886dd3e4f6b7695f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b917f37bfcce919a969d66a044580a95b11df31c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/695acb5534a9e366efb47b40c7487fc56488b09b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67a82e6f886beed0de8f8da08bb767e68fba952d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b50c31419e7946e9aa325a468ad9b64c961a25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb9663789c5b7a12fcd419fcca6d6254c398252
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