CVE-2024-26866: Linux kernel · spi: lpspi: Avoid potential use-after-free in probe()
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or noneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Apr 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: lpspi: Avoid potential use-after-free in probe() fsl_lpspi_probe() is allocating/disposing memory manually with spi_alloc_host()/spi_alloc_target(), but uses devm_spi_register_controller(). In case of error after the latter call the memory will be explicitly freed in the probe function by spi_controller_put() call, but used afterwards by "devm" management outside probe() (spi_unregister_controller() <- devm_spi_unregister() below). Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000070 ... Call trace: kernfs_find_ns kernfs_find_and_get_ns sysfs_remove_group sysfs_remove_groups device_remove_attrs device_del spi_unregister_controller devm_spi_unregister release_nodes devres_release_all really_probe driver_probe_device __device_attach_driver bus_for_each_drv __device_attach device_initial_probe bus_probe_device deferred_probe_work_func process_one_work worker_thread kthread ret_from_fork
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26866 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1543418e82789cc383cd36d41469983c64e3fc7f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ae0ab0143fcc06190713ed81a6486ed0ad3c861 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a9b7fe61031f30c90d20c898160c397f6abe9f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/996ce839606afd0fef91355627868022aa73eb68 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da83ed350e4604b976e94239b08d8e2e7eaee7ea (opens in a new tab)