CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-26866

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's SPI lpspi driver, fsl_lpspi_probe() manually allocates/disposes memory but uses devm_spi_register_controller(). On error after that call, memory is explicitly freed but later used by devm management, leading to use-after-free and NULL pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

May cause a kernel crash (NULL pointer dereference) during SPI lpspi device probe or handling, leading to denial of service or system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the memory management fix in fsl_lpspi_probe().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: lpspi: Avoid potential use-after-free in probe() fsl_lpspi_probe() is allocating/disposing memory manually with spi_alloc_host()/spi_alloc_target(), but uses devm_spi_register_controller(). In case of error after the latter call the memory will be explicitly freed in the probe function by spi_controller_put() call, but used afterwards by "devm" management outside probe() (spi_unregister_controller() <- devm_spi_unregister() below). Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000070 ... Call trace: kernfs_find_ns kernfs_find_and_get_ns sysfs_remove_group sysfs_remove_groups device_remove_attrs device_del spi_unregister_controller devm_spi_unregister release_nodes devres_release_all really_probe driver_probe_device __device_attach_driver bus_for_each_drv __device_attach device_initial_probe bus_probe_device deferred_probe_work_func process_one_work worker_thread kthread ret_from_fork

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