CVE-2026-31749: Linux kernel · comedi: ni_atmio16d: Fix invalid clean-up after failed attach
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: ni_atmio16d: Fix invalid clean-up after failed attach If the driver's COMEDI "attach" handler function (`atmio16d_attach()`) returns an error, the COMEDI core will call the driver's "detach" handler function (`atmio16d_detach()`) to clean up. This calls `reset_atmio16d()` unconditionally, but depending on where the error occurred in the attach handler, the device may not have been sufficiently initialized to call `reset_atmio16d()`. It uses `dev->iobase` as the I/O port base address and `dev->private` as the pointer to the COMEDI device's private data structure. `dev->iobase` may still be set to its initial value of 0, which would result in undesired writes to low I/O port addresses. `dev->private` may still be `NULL`, which would result in null pointer dereferences. Fix `atmio16d_detach()` by checking that `dev->private` is valid (non-null) before calling `reset_atmio16d()`. This implies that `dev->iobase` was set correctly since that is set up before `dev->private`.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31749 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/101ab946b79ad83b36d5cfd47de587492a80acf0 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3848ae00b1642e2c98ff8cbfd2d3b38c6f53b5c3 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c68a2c7cc35b7c2a83c285cb4ad3d472b8caa2 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8d88c8c0eec230de8f1f60e0920a4337939a88 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/933a2d6a95f9bfb203e562c9be1dd990c735535c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a01dd339ea6ac58b0967a50085622a6017351140 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07d97ca4f7fac467cdcf4a012690853958b7e89 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f517646e008fe99ca1800601cd011b110f8684ae (opens in a new tab)