CVE-2026-64169
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure The driver falls back to PIO mode if DMA setup fails during probe.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure The driver falls back to PIO mode if DMA setup fails during probe. Make sure to the clear the DMA channel pointers on setup failure to avoid dereferencing an error pointer on later probe errors or driver unbind. This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a devres allocation conversion patch.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.11% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c0dabea07e25bd7db19a77ebfd0d02b9e2671aPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.