CVE-2026-45996 | spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind The SPI subsystem frees the controller and any subsystem allocated driver data as part of deregistration (unless the allocation is device managed). Take another reference before deregistering the controller so that the driver data is not freed until the driver is done with it.

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-45996 is rated Low Risk (5.2/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-45996

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-45996

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-45996

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-45996

GHSA-3wqv-wjx5-m93q · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: imx: fix use-after-free...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-45996

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-45996 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45996
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45996
suse medium CVE-2026-45996 severity moderate: SUSE including 21 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 179 product×package rows across 38 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (38 product lines)): Known Not Affected 179. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45996/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-45996 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 891 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 508, needs-triage 224, ignored 159. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45996

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-45996

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References for CVE-2026-45996

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