High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2026· Updated Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-80991
CVE-2026-80991
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.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 4.2.0, < 6.6.160+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.2.0, < 6.6.160
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.6-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb9663789c5b7a12fcd419fcca6d6254c398252nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b50c31419e7946e9aa325a468ad9b64c961a25nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/67a82e6f886beed0de8f8da08bb767e68fba952dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/695acb5534a9e366efb47b40c7487fc56488b09bnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b917f37bfcce919a969d66a044580a95b11df31cnvd
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