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The last reference to the \"physical\" device may be dropped\nthen before the pointer to it is returned to the caller.\n\nIf that happens and the acpi_get_first_physical_node() caller invokes\nget_device() on the pointer obtained from it, which is done by the\nmajority of its callers, a use-after-free will occur.\n\nTo prepare for addressing this problem, introduce a new function for\ngetting the first \"physical\" device associated with the given ACPI one\n(the \"primary physical device\") that will also reference count the\ndevice in question before returning a pointer to it.\n\nMake that new function and acpi_get_first_physical_node() share the\nphysical node list lookup code.\n\nNo intentional functional impact.","score":null,"severity":"unknown","published":"2026-09-24T15:51:27.511Z","modified":"2026-10-30T12:36:32.328Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","status":"affected","lessThan":"f912f88126e385f6cfcd1a28de73afb7d3943c8d","versionType":"git"},{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","status":"affected","lessThan":"50ddd82b88b1d1cc467b5df953344c1a9feec268","versionType":"git"},{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","status":"affected","lessThan":"fd4f907b558721716da30acd6630191acf811b95","versionType":"git"},{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","status":"affected","lessThan":"ebdd932dc24c1cf7cc31710b7730515e4e66d886","versionType":"git"},{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","status":"affected","lessThan":"5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714","versionType":"git"},{"version":"91e5687805885f9fceb60b95e950a3d3bdcf4764","status":"affected","lessThan":"72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":[],"source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93251"},{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"3.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"3.8","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.114","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.57","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":[],"source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93251"}],"remediation":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f912f88126e385f6cfcd1a28de73afb7d3943c8d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ddd82b88b1d1cc467b5df953344c1a9feec268","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4f907b558721716da30acd6630191acf811b95","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebdd932dc24c1cf7cc31710b7730515e4e66d886","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5657859851abb65105220a6cdb5804926249f714","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72530e1f72b0515a73fd88292254d04fecf03649"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-93251","modified":"2026-10-30T12:36:32.328Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93251"}],"assessments":[],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-10-30T13:55:49.819Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-11-14T23:40:32.333Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[],"aiSummary":null}