CVE-2026-80643 (GCVE-0-2026-80643)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:48 – Updated: 2026-08-28 06:48
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Title
EDAC/igen6: Fix call trace due to missing release()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/igen6: Fix call trace due to missing release() When unloading the igen6_edac driver, there is a call trace: Device '(null)' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst. WARNING: drivers/base/core.c:2567 at device_release+0x84/0x90, CPU#5: rmmod/127209 ... RIP: 0010:device_release+0x84/0x90 Call Trace: <TASK> kobject_put+0x8c/0x220 put_device+0x17/0x30 igen6_unregister_mcis+0xa2/0xe0 [igen6_edac] igen6_remove+0x82/0xb0 [igen6_edac] ... Fix the call trace by providing empty release() functions for the memory controller devices.
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 10590a9d4f23e0a519730d79d39331df60ad2079 , < 9a84ced0243c74aa431ec287555054c69e6167d1 (git)
Affected: 10590a9d4f23e0a519730d79d39331df60ad2079 , < a341302c5126ef96bb45286224d67ef60a24281e (git)
Affected: 10590a9d4f23e0a519730d79d39331df60ad2079 , < ab1f9d466c7d83ab0d2a529e07984e53b5960dcd (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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