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CVE-2026-93080

Unknown
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the arm_scmi firmware driver has a flaw in transport device lookup during channel teardown. scmi_device_destroy() uses the same protocol/name matching as driver binding, so it fails to find transport devices that must be unregistered. Additionally, duplicate protocol nodes in firmware can reuse an existing transport device and then destroy it.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to resource leaks, use-after-free and kernel crashes. Malformed firmware with duplicate protocol nodes increases the risk.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix. Avoid using SCMI firmware with duplicate protocol nodes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix transport device teardown lookup SCMI transport devices are deliberately excluded from normal SCMI bus matching so protocol drivers cannot bind to the internal transport children. However, scmi_device_destroy() uses the same protocol/name lookup to find devices that must be unregistered during channel teardown. Split the match helper so driver matching still skips transport devices, while explicit child lookup can find them for teardown. Use a shared transport-device name prefix macro for both matching and name generation. Since transport-device names are derived from direction and protocol ID, reject duplicate protocol channel setup before creating or finding a transport device. This prevents malformed firmware with duplicate protocol child nodes from reusing an existing transport device and then destroying it when the duplicate IDR insertion fails.

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