CVE-2026-31751: Linux kernel · comedi: dt2815: add hardware detection to prevent crash
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.7 Medium.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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: dt2815: add hardware detection to prevent crash The dt2815 driver crashes when attached to I/O ports without actual hardware present. This occurs because syzkaller or users can attach the driver to arbitrary I/O addresses via COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl. When no hardware exists at the specified port, inb() operations return 0xff (floating bus), but outb() operations can trigger page faults due to undefined behavior, especially under race conditions: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000007fffff90 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page RIP: 0010:dt2815_attach+0x6e0/0x1110 Add hardware detection by reading the status register before attempting any write operations. If the read returns 0xff, assume no hardware is present and fail the attach with -ENODEV. This prevents crashes from outb() operations on non-existent hardware.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31751 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcf33994b8dcf3db36530fb7e2cf9f89e5cbac3 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/34b13250c618d7441508c6ef369144aa8a9b9bfa (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/34c8b3a91bdfbe4573650b4cd750ef639101fdc5 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/65c528fbeddd88478c210052f6c7b21be4973156 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d63161837f1bf8810dbcd2a583c2bbf5ca6d733 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93853512f565e625df2397f0d8050d6aafd7c3ad (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2a786efdb9971f2a647724625da5bbecc994dc9 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d9df8b08d68d083ac57abc2c887dfb1f31af63 (opens in a new tab)