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CVE-2026-31485

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's SPI driver for Freescale LPSPI (spi-fsl-lpspi), a teardown order issue causes a use-after-free (UAF). The SPI controller was registered using devm_spi_register_controller(), delaying its unregistration, while fsl_lpspi_remove() immediately tore down DMA channels, leading to a NULL pointer dereference during active SPI transfers.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could trigger a kernel panic by initiating an SPI transfer while the driver is being removed, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix, which replaces devm_spi_register_controller() with spi_register_controller() and adds an explicit spi_unregister_controller() call in fsl_lpspi_remove().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-fsl-lpspi: fix teardown order issue (UAF) There is a teardown order issue in the driver. The SPI controller is registered using devm_spi_register_controller(), which delays unregistration of the SPI controller until after the fsl_lpspi_remove() function returns. As the fsl_lpspi_remove() function synchronously tears down the DMA channels, a running SPI transfer triggers the following NULL pointer dereference due to use after free: | fsl_lpspi 42550000.spi: I/O Error in DMA RX | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [...] | Call trace: | fsl_lpspi_dma_transfer+0x260/0x340 [spi_fsl_lpspi] | fsl_lpspi_transfer_one+0x198/0x448 [spi_fsl_lpspi] | spi_transfer_one_message+0x49c/0x7c8 | __spi_pump_transfer_message+0x120/0x420 | __spi_sync+0x2c4/0x520 | spi_sync+0x34/0x60 | spidev_message+0x20c/0x378 [spidev] | spidev_ioctl+0x398/0x750 [spidev] [...] Switch from devm_spi_register_controller() to spi_register_controller() in fsl_lpspi_probe() and add the corresponding spi_unregister_controller() in fsl_lpspi_remove().

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