Bug 2461497 (CVE-2026-31544) - CVE-2026-31544 kernel: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix NULL dereference on notify error path
Summary: CVE-2026-31544 kernel: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix NULL dereference on notify err...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31544
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-24 15:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-24 16:53 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 15:05:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

firmware: arm_scmi: Fix NULL dereference on notify error path

Since commit b5daf93b809d1 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Avoid notifier
registration for unsupported events") the call chains leading to the helper
__scmi_event_handler_get_ops expect an ERR_PTR to be returned on failure to
get an handler for the requested event key, while the current helper can
still return a NULL when no handler could be found or created.

Fix by forcing an ERR_PTR return value when the handler reference is NULL.


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