CVE-2026-43340

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Reinit dev->spinlock between attachments to low-level drivers `struct comedi_device` is the main controlling structure for a COMEDI device created by the COMEDI subsystem. It contains a member `spinlock` containing a spin-lock that is initialized by the COMEDI subsystem, but is reserved for use by a low-level driver attached to the COMEDI device (at least since commit 25436dc9d84f ("Staging: comedi: remove RT code")). Some COMEDI devices (those created on initialization of the COMEDI subsystem when the "comedi.comedi_num_legacy_minors" parameter is non-zero) can be attached to different low-level drivers over their lifetime using the `COMEDI_DEVCONFIG` ioctl command. This can result in inconsistent lock states being reported when there is a mismatch in the spin-lock locking levels used by each low-level driver to which the COMEDI device has been attached. Fix it by reinitializing `dev->spinlock` before calling the low-level driver's `attach` function pointer if `CONFIG_LOCKDEP` is enabled.
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History

15 May 2026, 19:46

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References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b1f49e4fdff3ef0f8e9158bbb5b149e06287560 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b1f49e4fdff3ef0f8e9158bbb5b149e06287560 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3181c34b415c5464be9d34bff3e43ef63b747039 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3181c34b415c5464be9d34bff3e43ef63b747039 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/430291d8f3884f57ae0057049b0ca291453e29e1 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/430291d8f3884f57ae0057049b0ca291453e29e1 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9a9a6d71e3e252032f959fb3895a33acb5865c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9a9a6d71e3e252032f959fb3895a33acb5865c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d5ffe524903a30e2e0da7d16841a56bec2de55c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d5ffe524903a30e2e0da7d16841a56bec2de55c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83134a7a176ce5b4b19b6edecf4360e8d98d1a5a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83134a7a176ce5b4b19b6edecf4360e8d98d1a5a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b89c026227712c367950bbae055a5b31073d3b30 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b89c026227712c367950bbae055a5b31073d3b30 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c01bcc67a9a692d65508ebd480405b5e77d562b7 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c01bcc67a9a692d65508ebd480405b5e77d562b7 - Patch
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
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08 May 2026, 14:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-08 14:16

Updated : 2026-05-15 19:46


NVD link : CVE-2026-43340

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43340

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43340


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel