CVE-2026-80524 (GCVE-0-2026-80524)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 14:37 – Updated: 2026-08-26 14:37
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Title
optee: ffa: Add NULL check in optee_ffa_lend_protmem
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: optee: ffa: Add NULL check in optee_ffa_lend_protmem Sashiko (locally) reports a possible null dereference under memory pressure due to the lack of validation of the allocated pointer. Fix that by adding the missing check.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 2b78d79cdf963e09ec8b90c55216b6ab5a83dbaf , < 94bf4fe0e46349c4e73df66dcda073187bc90cc1 (git)
Affected: 2b78d79cdf963e09ec8b90c55216b6ab5a83dbaf , < 650c88738ae8976f46ba71b24dd8aa311adc6fde (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.10 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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