CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-23207
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer check in IRQ handler
Now that all other accesses to curr_xfer are done under the lock,
protect the curr_xfer NULL check in tegra_qspi_isr_thread() with the
spinlock. Without this protection, the following race can occur:
CPU0 (ISR thread) CPU1 (timeout path)
---------------- -------------------
if (!tqspi->curr_xfer)
// sees non-NULL
spin_lock()
tqspi->curr_xfer = NULL
spin_unlock()
handle_*_xfer()
spin_lock()
t = tqspi->curr_xfer // NULL!
... t->len ... // NULL dereference!
With this patch, all curr_xfer accesses are now properly synchronized.
Although all accesses to curr_xfer are done under the lock, in
tegra_qspi_isr_thread() it checks for NULL, releases the lock and
reacquires it later in handle_cpu_based_xfer()/handle_dma_based_xfer().
There is a potential for an update in between, which could cause a NULL
pointer dereference.
To handle this, add a NULL check inside the handlers after acquiring
the lock. This ensures that if the timeout path has already cleared
curr_xfer, the handler will safely return without dereferencing the
NULL pointer.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.15.198 < 5.16)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.1.160 < 6.2)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.6.120 < 6.7)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.12.63 < 6.13)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.17.13 < 6.18)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.18.2 < 6.18.10)
• linux linux kernel 6.19
Related
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac3a105e51496147c0e44e49466eecfcc532d57 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513587caec66b67243027f26867ad3512f06744f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84e926c1c272a35ddb9b86842d32fa833a60dfc7 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf9088b6e1d6d88982db7eb5e736a0e4fbcc09e Patch