Bug 2502609 (CVE-2026-64170)

Summary:	CVE-2026-64170 kernel: spi: qup: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Qualcomm Universal Peripheral (QUP) driver. When the Direct Memory Access (DMA) setup fails during the driver's initialization, the driver attempts to fall back to Programmed Input/Output (PIO) mode. However, it fails to properly clear the DMA channel pointers, which could lead to dereferencing an invalid memory address. This could result in system instability or a denial of service, making the system unresponsive to legitimate requests.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 17:08:44 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

spi: qup: 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 (or attempting to release a channel
a second time) on later probe errors or driver unbind.

This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a devres allocation
conversion patch.

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2026-07-20 07:56:54 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071936-CVE-2026-64170-0eeb@gregkh/T