In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-fsl-lpspi: fix...

Description

In 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().

Basic information

Type
unreviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
Source code
Not specified
Published (advisory)
2026-04-22 15:31:42 UTC
Updated
2026-04-28 15:31:50 UTC
NVD published
2026-04-22

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.01% 2.42%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.8 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-416 Use After Free

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence