SUSE CVE-2026-63942

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parport: Fix race between port and client registration The parport subsystem registers port devices before they are fully initialised, resulting in a race condition where client drivers such as lp can attach to ports that are not...

CVE-2026-63942 parport: Fix race between port and client registration

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parport: Fix race between port and client registration The parport subsystem registers port devices before they are fully initialised, resulting in a race condition where client drivers such as lp can attach to ports that are not...

CVE-2026-63942

The CVE relates to the Linux kernel parport subsystem where a race occurs between port device registration and client driver attachment (e.g., lp) when ports and clients are built as modules and loaded concurrently during boot. The root cause is that port devices register before full initialisati...