{"cve":"CVE-2026-74461","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T13:17:50.763","modified":"2026-10-16T20:17:29.177","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer\n\nIn i2c_imx_unreg_slave(), the slave pointer is set to NULL after\ndisabling interrupts.  However, a pending interrupt might already\nhave started the hrtimer (i2c_imx_slave_timeout) before the pointer\nwas cleared.  If the hrtimer fires after i2c_imx->slave is set to\nNULL, the timer callback i2c_imx_slave_finish_op() will call\ni2c_imx_slave_event() with a NULL slave pointer, which results in a\nuse-after-free / NULL pointer dereference.\n\nFix by canceling the hrtimer and waiting for it to complete after\ndisabling interrupts, before clearing the slave pointer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.4},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470fe15fb3bb2eba6629be301ca7e991ee3cfb7e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac7702b6cc2b94aaed9ef2d95bfbefcdc90061f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753060f2b77ff2f386addbd3ecadb95b9f90cddd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a1f9ac3d763e721586f15479ef9140b216ddf3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/affd62f5719a78135b7441aa49c8cab3c3b5e838"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:10.689564601+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-74461","score":0.00138,"percentile":0.03134,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}