CVE-2026-93251: ACPI: bus: Introduce acpi_bus_get_primary_device()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 50ddd82b88b1d1cc467b5df953344c1a9feec268, 5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714, 72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 50ddd82b88b1d1cc467b5df953344c1a9feec268, 5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714, 72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: bus: Introduce acpi_bus_get_primary_device() The function used for obtaining the first "physical" device for which the given ACPI one is the ACPI companion, acpi_get_first_physical_node(), may return a stale device pointer (mostly in theory) because acpi_unbind_one() may run as a whole after dropping the ACPI device's physical_node_lock in acpi_get_first_physical_node() and before it returns. The last reference to the "physical" device may be dropped then before the pointer to it is returned to the caller. If that happens and the acpi_get_first_physical_node() caller invokes get_device() on the pointer obtained from it, which is done by the majority of its callers, a use-after-free will occur. To prepare for addressing this problem, introduce a new function for getting the first "physical" device associated with the given ACPI one (the "primary physical device") that will also reference count the device in question before returning a pointer to it. Make that new function and acpi_get_first_physical_node() share the physical node list lookup code. No intentional functional impact.
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 11th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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Versions reported by the vendor
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Linux Linux
- 3.8affected
- 91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764 and later · before f912f88126e385f6cfcd1a28de73afb7d3943c8daffected · git
- 91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764 and later · before 50ddd82b88b1d1cc467b5df953344c1a9feec268affected · git
- 91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764 and later · before fd4f907b558721716da30acd6630191acf811b95affected · git
- 91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764 and later · before ebdd932dc24c1cf7cc31710b7730515e4e66d886affected · git
- 91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764 and later · before 5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714affected · git
- 91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764 and later · before 72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649affected · git
- before 3.8not affected · semver
- 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.115-2 | 6.12.115-2 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.6-1 | 7.2.6-1 |
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- Later →CVE-2026-93252Sep 24, 2026 · ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_init_acl()0Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 50ddd82b88b1d1cc467b5df953344c1a9feec268 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ebdd932dc24c1cf7cc31710b7730515e4e66d886 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f912f88126e385f6cfcd1a28de73afb7d3943c8d | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | fd4f907b558721716da30acd6630191acf811b95 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.161.1-1 · Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.115-2 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux | 7.2.6-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
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Weakness class (CWE)
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Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebdd932dc24c1cf7cc31710b7730515e4e66d886
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f912f88126e385f6cfcd1a28de73afb7d3943c8d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4f907b558721716da30acd6630191acf811b95
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