CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90070
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: st33zp24: Return zero on status read failure
st33zp24_status() ignores the result of the transport read and returns
data even when no byte was received. The I2C transport, for example,
skips i2c_master_recv() when the register-select write is short or fails,
leaving data uninitialized. The resulting stack value can be interpreted
as TPM_STS flags and let status checks complete spuriously.
The status callback cannot propagate a transport error. Return zero
unless recv() reports exactly one byte. With no status bits set, callers
retry or take their existing timeout or error path instead of acting on
an invalid status value.
This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual
source review.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14feaa498c20c1b7ddefe27de5329aaff822cc0d git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bfd5c54e40704ce93d128a25de3d8dd772bf183 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c26fe4522963a91d4fb02c844d8faa740fe9d1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4973e8386257eed10e5433a94a53bcc6ec37d2a1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b92687708f5ef980de01c2042dbd76d11f78547 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981307e2e8a930da492c2bcf763865c47c2a5165 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d732cfc4befe28f02ec82ed5fd2bc2a21fbabd42 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6d7d9b665419cda3e9f91030d81c9f8ba71e51d git.kernel.org