Bug 2451235 (CVE-2026-23369)

Summary: CVE-2026-23369 kernel: i2c: i801: Revert "i2c: i801: replace acpi_lock with I2C bus lock"
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's i2c i801 driver. Under rare circumstances, multiple udev threads can concurrently access the i801_acpi_io_handler during system boot. This can lead to a null pointer dereference when the i2c_lock_bus attempts to use an unregistered memory area. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a kernel panic, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:06:12 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: i801: Revert "i2c: i801: replace acpi_lock with I2C bus lock"

This reverts commit f707d6b9e7c18f669adfdb443906d46cfbaaa0c1.

Under rare circumstances, multiple udev threads can collect i801 device
info on boot and walk i801_acpi_io_handler somewhat concurrently. The
first will note the area is reserved by acpi to prevent further touches.
This ultimately causes the area to be deregistered. The second will
enter i801_acpi_io_handler after the area is unregistered but before a
check can be made that the area is unregistered. i2c_lock_bus relies on
the now unregistered area containing lock_ops to lock the bus. The end
result is a kernel panic on boot with the following backtrace;

[   14.971872] ioatdma 0000:09:00.2: enabling device (0100 -> 0102)
[   14.971873] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[   14.971880] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[   14.971884] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[   14.971887] PGD 0 P4D 0
[   14.971894] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[   14.971900] CPU: 5 PID: 956 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.x86_64 #1
[   14.971905] Hardware name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BIOS 1.20.10.SV91 01/30/2023
[   14.971908] RIP: 0010:i801_acpi_io_handler+0x2d/0xb0 [i2c_i801]
[   14.971929] Code: 00 00 49 8b 40 20 41 57 41 56 4d 8b b8 30 04 00 00 49 89 ce 41 55 41 89 d5 41 54 49 89 f4 be 02 00 00 00 55 4c 89 c5 53 89 fb <48> 8b 00 4c 89 c7 e8 18 61 54 e9 80 bd 80 04 00 00 00 75 09 4c 3b
[   14.971933] RSP: 0018:ffffbaa841483838 EFLAGS: 00010282
[   14.971938] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff9685e01ba568
[   14.971941] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
[   14.971944] RBP: ffff9685ca22f028 R08: ffff9685ca22f028 R09: ffff9685ca22f028
[   14.971948] R10: 000000000000000b R11: 0000000000000580 R12: 0000000000000580
[   14.971951] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: ffff9685e01ba568 R15: ffff9685c222f000
[   14.971954] FS:  00007f8287c0ab40(0000) GS:ffff96a47f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[   14.971959] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[   14.971963] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000168090001 CR4: 00000000003706f0
[   14.971966] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[   14.971968] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[   14.971972] Call Trace:
[   14.971977]  <TASK>
[   14.971981]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[   14.971994]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[   14.972003]  ? acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch+0x16e/0x3c0
[   14.972014]  ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd
[   14.972021]  ? page_fault_oops+0x132/0x170
[   14.972028]  ? exc_page_fault+0x61/0x150
[   14.972036]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[   14.972045]  ? i801_acpi_io_handler+0x2d/0xb0 [i2c_i801]
[   14.972061]  acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch+0x16e/0x3c0
[   14.972069]  ? __pfx_i801_acpi_io_handler+0x10/0x10 [i2c_i801]
[   14.972085]  acpi_ex_access_region+0x5b/0xd0
[   14.972093]  acpi_ex_field_datum_io+0x73/0x2e0
[   14.972100]  acpi_ex_read_data_from_field+0x8e/0x230
[   14.972106]  acpi_ex_resolve_node_to_value+0x23d/0x310
[   14.972114]  acpi_ds_evaluate_name_path+0xad/0x110
[   14.972121]  acpi_ds_exec_end_op+0x321/0x510
[   14.972127]  acpi_ps_parse_loop+0xf7/0x680
[   14.972136]  acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x17a/0x3d0
[   14.972143]  acpi_ps_execute_method+0x137/0x270
[   14.972150]  acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1f4/0x2e0
[   14.972158]  acpi_evaluate_object+0x134/0x2f0
[   14.972164]  acpi_evaluate_integer+0x50/0xe0
[   14.972173]  ? vsnprintf+0x24b/0x570
[   14.972181]  acpi_ac_get_state.part.0+0x23/0x70
[   14.972189]  get_ac_property+0x4e/0x60
[   14.972195]  power_supply_show_property+0x90/0x1f0
[   14.972205]  add_prop_uevent+0x29/0x90
[   14.972213]  power_supply_uevent+0x109/0x1d0
[   14.972222]  dev_uevent+0x10e/0x2f0
[   14.972228]  uevent_show+0x8e/0x100
[   14.972236]  dev_attr_show+0x19
---truncated---
Comment 1 Alexander B 2026-03-25 14:19:00 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026032540-CVE-2026-23369-b6c6@gregkh/T