CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-23475

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the SPI subsystem, per-CPU statistics are allocated only after the controller is registered with the driver core, leaving a window where accessing sysfs attributes can trigger a NULL-pointer dereference. The fix moves statistics allocation to controller allocation time.

Risk Assessment

NULL-pointer dereference can lead to system crash (kernel panic) or potential privilege escalation if an attacker has access to sysfs.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Also restrict access to sysfs for unprivileged users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fix statistics allocation The controller per-cpu statistics is not allocated until after the controller has been registered with driver core, which leaves a window where accessing the sysfs attributes can trigger a NULL-pointer dereference. Fix this by moving the statistics allocation to controller allocation while tying its lifetime to that of the controller (rather than using implicit devres).

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