CVE-2026-53332
Low risk· EPSS 6%Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk6th percentile — higher than 6% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel slimbus qcom-ngd-ctrl driver, callbacks are registered before the NGD (Next Generation Device) is created, causing them to operate on uninitialized data and leading to boot failures on affected boards.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes system hangs or malfunction of SLIMbus-dependent devices, potentially disrupting critical functions like audio or inter-chip communication.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that moves callback registration and interrupt enablement after NGD creation.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: Register callbacks after creating the ngd When the remoteproc starts in parallel with the NGD driver being probed, or the remoteproc is already up when the PDR lookup is being registered, or in the theoretical event that we get an interrupt from the hardware, these callbacks will operate on uninitialized data. This result in issues to boot the affected boards. One such example can be seen in the following fault, where qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify() schedules work on the NULL ngd_up_work. [ 21.858578] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 21.858745] WARNING: kernel/workqueue.c:2338 at __queue_work+0x5e0/0x790, CPU#2: kworker/2:2/116 ... [ 21.859251] Call trace: [ 21.859255] __queue_work+0x5e0/0x790 (P) [ 21.859265] queue_work_on+0x6c/0xf0 [ 21.859273] qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify+0x110/0x150 [slim_qcom_ngd_ctrl] [ 21.859304] qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_notify+0x24/0x40 [slim_qcom_ngd_ctrl] [ 21.859318] notifier_call_chain+0xa4/0x230 [ 21.859329] srcu_notifier_call_chain+0x64/0xb8 [ 21.859338] ssr_notify_start+0x40/0x78 [qcom_common] [ 21.859355] rproc_start+0x130/0x230 [ 21.859367] rproc_boot+0x3d4/0x518 ... Move the enablement of interrupts, and the registration of SSR and PDR until after the NGD device has been registered. This could be further refined by moving initialization to the control driver probe and by removing the platform driver model from the picture.