CVE-2026-93283i3c: master: Fix device_register() error path

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i3c: master: Fix device_register() error path When device_register() fails in i3c_master_register_new_i3c_devs(), put_device() is called to drop the reference taken by device_register(). That drops the last reference, so the device's release callback i3c_device_release() runs and frees the i3c_device. Two problems follow from that: i3c_device_release() does WARN_ON(i3cdev->desc), so it warns because desc->dev->desc still points back at the descriptor. Clear it before calling put_device(). After put_device() frees the i3c_device, desc->dev is left pointing at freed memory, so clear desc->dev as well. That prevents, for example, i3c_master_unregister_i3c_devs() seeing desc->dev as non-NULL and dereferencing it.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Affected products (as reported)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf498623f8397d45f85f14cd631c5e5a565c2fb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20a2b6df91fd782ef2ff551febef594d0b46a9a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14dbdf471001dd0601b0c491184990c178a199c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d22ad96f1a0c89e0ba66a2facc7430f0923919e3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f8e2c4f3704d9774bb26b49b1ad6a60ae57d4a0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ef12e1dd06e442eebf370f6e53c41bd056d0f22
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ecf17bf5fe8da51a6e3fc9e03a76898fcc5c6cf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74be657d98a8d684c0475f3cbd450ef2a30ffc73