{"cve":"CVE-2026-64589","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-06T08:16:34.240","modified":"2026-08-17T05:18:05.320","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: core: fix NULL-deref on adapter registration failure\n\nIf adapter registration ever fails the release callback would trigger a\nNULL-pointer dereference as the completion struct has not been\ninitialised.\n\nNote that before the offending commit this would instead have resulted\nin a minor memory leak of the adapter name.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034e307428119b67f5f18a35e4f4e7d15a2b9774","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2295d2bb101faa663fbc45fadbb3fec45f107441","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce0a74bfa3acdfcdb00cf02f181f2754b451f42","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3351c5e77749a0c8a1e252b95420c143ebcf07ac"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:47:10.050265369+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-64589","score":0.00156,"percentile":0.04749,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}