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CVE-2026-45963: Linux kernel may crash when audio driver is removed
CVE-2026-45963 · published 5 months ago
Summary
The Linux kernel versions used in several Canonical Linux distributions can crash if the audio driver for the NAU8821 chip is unloaded while a background task is still running. This can cause the whole system to become unresponsive. Install the latest kernel updates that include the fix, or ensure the driver is not removed until any pending audio detection work has completed.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 6.19.6-1.
- Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.1.174-1.root.io.146.
- Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.12.90-2.root.io.139.
- Update linux kernel to version 6.19.4.
- Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86.
- Update debian linux to version 6.12.105-1.aikido.160.
- Update debian rootio-linux to version 6.12.105-1.aikido.160.
- Update canonical rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.53-r0.
- Update debian linux to version 6.1.187-1.
- Update debian linux to version 6.12.111-1.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.111-r0.
- Update debian linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.1.189-r0.
- Update linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
- Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
- Update linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
- Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
- Update linux to version 6.12.113-1.aikido.163.
- Update rootio-linux to version 6.12.113-1.aikido.163.
- Update linux to version 6.1.190-1.aikido.167.
- Update rootio-linux to version 6.1.190-1.aikido.167.
- Update linux linux_kernel to version 6.19.4 or later.
- Update linux linux to version cd6b991de3e0b68560fe98dc739672747d2e4204 or later.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.8 | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Alpaquita:23 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.1.170-r0 >= 6.1.182-r0, < 6.1.189-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.189-r0
|
| Alpaquita:25 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.12.87-r0 >= 6.12.103-r0, < 6.12.111-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-r0
|
| Alpaquita:stream | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.12.87-r0 >= 6.18.46-r0, < 6.18.53-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.18.53-r0
|
| Debian:12 | debian | linux |
< 6.1.187-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.187-1
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| Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 6.12.111-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-1
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| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 6.19.6-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.19.6-1
|
| – | linux | linux_kernel |
>= 5.16, < 6.19.4 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Root:Debian:12 | debian | rootio-linux |
< 6.1.174-1.root.io.146 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.174-1.root.io.146
|
| Root:Debian:13 | debian | rootio-linux |
< 6.12.90-2.root.io.139 < 6.12.105-1.aikido.160 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.90-2.root.io.139
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 5.16.0, < 6.19.4 >= 6.19.0, < 6.19.4 Fix: upgrade to 6.19.4
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-7.0 | All versions |
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | canonical | linux |
< 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86
|
| – | linux | linux |
< cd6b991de3e0b68560fe98dc739672747d2e4204 5.16 |
| Root:Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 6.12.105-1.aikido.160 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.105-1.aikido.160
|
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | canonical | rootio-linux |
< 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.86
|
| Debian:12 | debian | linux-6.12 |
< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
|
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | – | linux |
< 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89 < 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
|
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | – | rootio-linux |
< 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89 < 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-vmware | All versions |
| Root:Debian:13 | – | linux |
< 6.12.113-1.aikido.163 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.113-1.aikido.163
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| Root:Debian:13 | – | rootio-linux |
< 6.12.113-1.aikido.163 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.113-1.aikido.163
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| Root:Debian:12 | – | linux |
< 6.1.190-1.aikido.167 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
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| Root:Debian:12 | – | rootio-linux |
< 6.1.190-1.aikido.167 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.190-1.aikido.167
|
Original advisory text
CVE-2026-45963 in linux - Patched by Root
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: nau8821: Cancel delayed work on component remove Attempting to unload the driver while a jack detection work is pending would likely crash the kernel when it is eventually scheduled for execution: [ 1984.896308] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc10c2a20 [...] [ 1984.896388] Hardware name: Valve Jupiter/Jupiter, BIOS F7A0131 01/30/2024 [ 1984.896396] Workqueue: events nau8821_jdet_work [snd_soc_nau8821] [ 1984.896414] RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0x9f/0x11d0 [...] [ 1984.896504] Call Trace: [ 1984.896511] <TASK> [ 1984.896524] ? snd_soc_dapm_disable_pin+0x26/0x60 [snd_soc_core] [ 1984.896572] ? snd_soc_dapm_disable_pin+0x26/0x60 [snd_soc_core] [ 1984.896596] snd_soc_dapm_disable_pin+0x26/0x60 [snd_soc_core] [ 1984.896622] nau8821_jdet_work+0xeb/0x1e0 [snd_soc_nau8821] [ 1984.896636] process_one_work+0x211/0x590 [ 1984.896649] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 1984.896670] worker_thread+0x1cd/0x3a0 Cancel unscheduled jdet_work or wait for its execution to finish before the component driver gets removed.
References
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45963... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45963 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d20517bee1c9b69c7750026c61e7ec021080a4 URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36fb28fa033f6544d81f1cc056b27d0c0bf26d4f URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3955767ec39dcc0358470ffe6535703e2b7fd815 URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9210ae708ddead67f55610342ea03fe9d4de6005 URL
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45963 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45963 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45963 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/dbd3fd05cddfdeec1e49b0a66269881c09eebd17 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbd3fd05cddfdeec1e49b0a66269881c09eebd17 URL
- https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-45963 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd6b991de3e0b68560fe98dc739672747d2e4204 URL
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Type
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
Timeline
Published27 May 2026
Updated30 Oct 2026
First seen28 May 2026
Sources
BELL-CVE-2026-45963 · OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45963 · OSV
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-45963 · OSV
CVE-2026-45963 · OSV
CVE-2026-45963 · NVD
CVE-2026-45963 · MITRE
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