CVE-2026-80991

high

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.

References

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002