CVE-2026-43340: Linux kernel · comedi: Reinit dev->spinlock between attachments to low-level drivers
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 23:07 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Thin evidence
One scorer or noneExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 11 Nov 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Reinit dev->spinlock between attachments to low-level drivers `struct comedi_device` is the main controlling structure for a COMEDI device created by the COMEDI subsystem. It contains a member `spinlock` containing a spin-lock that is initialized by the COMEDI subsystem, but is reserved for use by a low-level driver attached to the COMEDI device (at least since commit 25436dc9d84f ("Staging: comedi: remove RT code")). Some COMEDI devices (those created on initialization of the COMEDI subsystem when the "comedi.comedi_num_legacy_minors" parameter is non-zero) can be attached to different low-level drivers over their lifetime using the `COMEDI_DEVCONFIG` ioctl command. This can result in inconsistent lock states being reported when there is a mismatch in the spin-lock locking levels used by each low-level driver to which the COMEDI device has been attached. Fix it by reinitializing `dev->spinlock` before calling the low-level driver's `attach` function pointer if `CONFIG_LOCKDEP` is enabled.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3181c34b415c5464be9d34bff3e43ef63b747039 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b1f49e4fdff3ef0f8e9158bbb5b149e06287560 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d5ffe524903a30e2e0da7d16841a56bec2de55c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c01bcc67a9a692d65508ebd480405b5e77d562b7 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/430291d8f3884f57ae0057049b0ca291453e29e1 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b89c026227712c367950bbae055a5b31073d3b30 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/83134a7a176ce5b4b19b6edecf4360e8d98d1a5a (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9a9a6d71e3e252032f959fb3895a33acb5865c (opens in a new tab)