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              "introduced": "f7414cd6923fd7f78e57086fc964ba2dc25db5c1"
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            }
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
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              "introduced": "5.11.0"
            },
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            }
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              "introduced": "6.7.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "6.12.103"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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              "introduced": "6.13.0"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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              "introduced": "6.19.0"
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              "fixed": "7.1.8"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74461.json"
  },
  "details": "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-\u003eslave 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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-74461",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:04.117664002Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T12:27:01.924Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac7702b6cc2b94aaed9ef2d95bfbefcdc90061f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753060f2b77ff2f386addbd3ecadb95b9f90cddd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a1f9ac3d763e721586f15479ef9140b216ddf3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/affd62f5719a78135b7441aa49c8cab3c3b5e838"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab4762ee7f3fd0a01980d5407ba48d0261d3bff"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74461.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74461"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer"
}