Bug 2507139 (CVE-2026-64420)

Summary:	CVE-2026-64420 kernel: mfd: cros_ec: Delay dev_set_drvdata() until probe success
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `cros_ec` driver. This vulnerability, a use-after-free, occurs when the device's data pointer is set too early during initialization. If the initialization process fails, the memory for the `cros_ec_dev` structure is released, but other kernel components, such as the `cros_ec_typec` driver, may still attempt to access the freed memory using a stale pointer. This can lead to an invalid memory access, resulting in a system crash and a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-25 10:07:05 UTC

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

mfd: cros_ec: Delay dev_set_drvdata() until probe success

If ec_device_probe() fails, cros_ec_class_release releases memory for the
cros_ec_dev structure. However, because the drvdata was already set,
sub-drivers like cros_ec_typec can still retrieve the stale pointer via the
platform device. This leads to a use-after-free when cros_ec_typec attempts
to access &typec->ec->ec->dev on a device that has already been released.
Move dev_set_drvdata() to ensure that the pointer is only made available
once all initialization steps have succeeded.

 sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/class/chromeos/cros_ec'
 Call trace:
  sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x94/0xdc
  sysfs_create_link+0x30/0x44
  device_add_class_symlinks+0x90/0x13c
  device_add+0xf0/0x50c
  ec_device_probe+0x150/0x4f0
  platform_probe+0xa0/0xe0
 ...
 BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in __memcpy+0x44/0x230
 Write at addr f5ffff809e2d33ac by task kworker/u32:5/125
 Pointer tag: [f5], memory tag: [fe]
 Tainted : [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
 Hardware name: Google Navi unprovisioned 0x7FFFFFFF/sku0 board/sku3
 Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
 Call trace:
  __memcpy+0x44/0x230
  cros_ec_check_features+0x60/0xcc [cros_ec_proto]
  cros_typec_probe+0xe8/0x6e0 [cros_ec_typec]
  platform_probe+0xa0/0xe0

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2026-07-29 14:43:40 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072534-CVE-2026-64420-296c@gregkh/T