Bug 2460640 (CVE-2026-31487) - CVE-2026-31487 kernel: spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure
Summary: CVE-2026-31487 kernel: spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31487
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-04-22 15:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-24 16:45 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-22 15:02:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure

When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.

Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.

Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]

Also note that we do not enable the driver_override feature of struct
bus_type, as SPI - in contrast to most other buses - passes "" to
sysfs_emit() when the driver_override pointer is NULL. Thus, printing
"\n" instead of "(null)\n".


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