Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller
This reverts commit 59ebbe40fb51 (“spi: simplify devm_spi_register_controller”).
If devm_add_action() fails in devm_add_action_or_reset(), devm_spi_unregister() will be called, it decreases the refcount of ‘ctlr->dev’ to 0, then it will cause uaf in the drivers that calling spi_put_controller() in error path.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , TuxCare 9.6 ESU
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 5.14.0 (+1 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller
This reverts commit 59ebbe40fb51 (“spi: simplify devm_spi_register_controller”).
If devm_add_action() fails in devm_add_action_or_reset(), devm_spi_unregister() will be called, it decreases the refcount of ‘ctlr->dev’ to 0, then it will cause uaf in the drivers that calling spi_put_controller() in error path.