Local MIPI device interruption via shared-resource race
Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Aug 15, 2026
Race condition in the Linux kernel's i.MX93 block controller allows local users to interrupt active MIPI DSI or CSI devices. The driver's independent DSI and CSI domains manipulate overlapping clock and reset bits, so either power-off path can clear resources still used by the other. Reachability requires an i.MX93 system with both domains in use; a winning race interrupts display or camera operation, while broader effects are not publicly detailed.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in the Linux kernel's i.MX93 block controller allows local users to interrupt active MIPI DSI or CSI devices. The driver's independent DSI and CSI domains manipulate overlapping clock and reset bits, so either power-off path can clear resources still used by the other. Reachability requires an i.MX93 system with both domains in use; a winning race interrupts display or camera operation, while broader effects are not publicly detailed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72009
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-362
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Aug 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.1
- Affected versionversion=e9aa77d413c903ba4cf7da3fe0b419cae5b97a81 <4ba6d7166750d0b810c6cfc0b1df7585f513b48c
- Affected versionversion=e9aa77d413c903ba4cf7da3fe0b419cae5b97a81 <4fd5b33faf092ef2d09f730a7d9e49f9e976ac67
- Affected versionversion=e9aa77d413c903ba4cf7da3fe0b419cae5b97a81 <99611233f8cda833169fa6487d5dacdf189e5cb0
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