PT-2026-36386
CVE-2026-31751
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Published
2026-03-09
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Updated
2026-10-13
Description by
CVSS 3.1
4.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The dt2815 driver crashes when attached to I/O ports without actual hardware present. This occurs because users can attach the driver to arbitrary I/O addresses via the 'COMEDI DEVCONFIG' ioctl. When no hardware exists at the specified port,
inb() operations return 0xff (floating bus), but outb() operations can trigger page faults due to undefined behavior, particularly under race conditions. This can lead to a supervisor write access page fault in kernel mode within the dt2815 attach() function.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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