CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64166

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the arm_ffa driver where the driver registration function did not check if the FF-A ID table (id_table) was NULL. This missing validation could lead to a NULL pointer dereference during driver-to-device matching on the bus.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves the possibility of intentionally or accidentally registering a faulty FF-A driver, which could cause a kernel panic and disrupt critical services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit 5a7b8c9d...) that adds NULL checking for id_table during driver registration.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_ffa: Check for NULL FF-A ID table while driver registration The bus match callback assumes that every FF-A driver provides an id_table and dereferences it unconditionally. Enforce that contract at registration time so a buggy client driver cannot crash the bus during match.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS