Bug 2497693 - CVE-2026-42546 optee_os: OP-TEE: Denial of Service due to resource leak in shared memory cleanup [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-42546 optee_os: OP-TEE: Denial of Service due to resource leak in sh...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: optee_os
Version: 45
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Enric Balletbo i Serra
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Blocks: CVE-2026-42546
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Reported: 2026-07-07 12:29 UTC by Keith Grant
Modified: 2026-08-17 15:15 UTC (History)
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Description Keith Grant 2026-07-07 12:29:42 UTC
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OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.3.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a resource leak exists in OP-TEE’s shared memory cleanup logic because the function `cleanup_shm_refs()` in `core/tee/entry_std.c`  fails to apply a required bitmask (`OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_MASK`) to parameter attributes. When processing non-contiguous memory parameters from a normal-world caller, the system fails to match the attribute type in its internal switch statement and skips the necessary mobj_put() call. This results in a persistent reference leak of `mobj_reg_shm` objects, which remain on internal lists with dangling refcounts. This affects non-FF-A configurations that support non-contiguous, non-secure shared memory. Over time, these accumulated leaks progressively consume the secure-world heap, degrading the system's ability to service trusted application operations and eventually requiring a reboot to recover. Version 4.11.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Comment 1 Aoife Moloney 2026-08-17 15:15:27 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 45 development cycle.
Changing version to 45.


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