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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-80727"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-03T08:21:46.523Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-03T08:21:46.523Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80727"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80727.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80727"
title: "x86/mce: Set up the polling timer before CMCI discovery"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/mce: Set up the polling timer before CMCI discovery\n\nI hit the following on one of my machines:\n\n  mce: CPU0 BANK15 CMCI inherited storm\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  ODEBUG: assert_init not available (active state 0) object: (____ptrval____) object type: timer_list hint: 0x0\n  WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:632 at debug_object_assert_init+0x178/0x230, CPU#0: swapper/0/0\n  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5 #3 PREEMPTLAZY\n  RIP: 0010:debug_object_assert_init+0x18f/0x230\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   __mod_timer\n   mce_timer_kick\n   cmci_discover\n   intel_init_cmci\n   mce_intel_feature_init\n   mcheck_cpu_init\n   identify_cpu\n   identify_boot_cpu\n   arch_cpu_finalize_init\n   start_kernel\n\nA second splat follows right after, from timer_setup() finding that same\ntimer already queued:\n\n  ODEBUG: init active (active state 0) object: (____ptrval____) object type: timer_list hint: stub_timer+0x0/0x10\n\nThis is happening because CMCI storm detection is trying to modify the timer\nbefore latter was properly set up.\n\nSet up the timer first. __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer() only calls timer_setup(),\nand depends on neither the generic nor the vendor init.\n\n  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]"
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