GHSA-355Q-5CHG-4QPR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-22 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: spi-fsl-lpspi: fix teardown order issue (UAF)
There is a teardown order issue in the driver. The SPI controller is registered using devm_spi_register_controller(), which delays unregistration of the SPI controller until after the fsl_lpspi_remove() function returns.
As the fsl_lpspi_remove() function synchronously tears down the DMA channels, a running SPI transfer triggers the following NULL pointer dereference due to use after free:
| fsl_lpspi 42550000.spi: I/O Error in DMA RX | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [...] | Call trace: | fsl_lpspi_dma_transfer+0x260/0x340 [spi_fsl_lpspi] | fsl_lpspi_transfer_one+0x198/0x448 [spi_fsl_lpspi] | spi_transfer_one_message+0x49c/0x7c8 | __spi_pump_transfer_message+0x120/0x420 | __spi_sync+0x2c4/0x520 | spi_sync+0x34/0x60 | spidev_message+0x20c/0x378 [spidev] | spidev_ioctl+0x398/0x750 [spidev] [...]
Switch from devm_spi_register_controller() to spi_register_controller() in fsl_lpspi_probe() and add the corresponding spi_unregister_controller() in fsl_lpspi_remove().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-31485"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-22T14:16:45Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nspi: spi-fsl-lpspi: fix teardown order issue (UAF)\n\nThere is a teardown order issue in the driver. The SPI controller is\nregistered using devm_spi_register_controller(), which delays\nunregistration of the SPI controller until after the fsl_lpspi_remove()\nfunction returns.\n\nAs the fsl_lpspi_remove() function synchronously tears down the DMA\nchannels, a running SPI transfer triggers the following NULL pointer\ndereference due to use after free:\n\n| fsl_lpspi 42550000.spi: I/O Error in DMA RX\n| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000\n[...]\n| Call trace:\n| fsl_lpspi_dma_transfer+0x260/0x340 [spi_fsl_lpspi]\n| fsl_lpspi_transfer_one+0x198/0x448 [spi_fsl_lpspi]\n| spi_transfer_one_message+0x49c/0x7c8\n| __spi_pump_transfer_message+0x120/0x420\n| __spi_sync+0x2c4/0x520\n| spi_sync+0x34/0x60\n| spidev_message+0x20c/0x378 [spidev]\n| spidev_ioctl+0x398/0x750 [spidev]\n[...]\n\nSwitch from devm_spi_register_controller() to spi_register_controller() in\nfsl_lpspi_probe() and add the corresponding spi_unregister_controller() in\nfsl_lpspi_remove().",
"id": "GHSA-355q-5chg-4qpr",
"modified": "2026-04-22T15:31:42Z",
"published": "2026-04-22T15:31:42Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31485"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15650dfbaeeb14bcaaf053b93cf631db8d465300"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb25339b66112393fd6892ceff926765feb5b86"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b341c1176f2e001b3adf0b47154fc31589f7410e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca4483f36ac1b62e69f8b182c5b8f059e0abecfb"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d01f24bc6fbde40b4e567ef9160194b61267bc"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3fd54f8b0317fbccc103961ddd660f2a32dcf0b"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e89e2b97253c124d37bf88e96e5e8ce5c3aeeec3"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbe6f40caeebb0b1ea9dfedc259124c1d3cda7a6"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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