Bug 2514453 (CVE-2026-68444) - CVE-2026-68444 kernel: firmware: arm_ffa: Fix NULL dereference in ffa_partition_info_get()
Summary: CVE-2026-68444 kernel: firmware: arm_ffa: Fix NULL dereference in ffa_partiti...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68444
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-12 00:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-13 09:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-12 00:22:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

firmware: arm_ffa: Fix NULL dereference in ffa_partition_info_get()

ffa_partition_info_get() passes uuid_str directly to uuid_parse()
without a NULL check. When a caller passes NULL, uuid_parse() ->
__uuid_parse() -> uuid_is_valid() dereferences the pointer, causing
a kernel panic:

  |  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
  |  0000000000000040
  |  pc : uuid_parse+0x40/0xac
  |  lr : ffa_partition_info_get+0x1c/0x94 [arm_ffa]

Add a NULL guard before uuid_parse() so a NULL argument returns
-ENODEV instead of crashing. Callers are expected to always supply
a valid partition UUID, so NULL is not a supported input.


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