NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64168
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138468
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64168
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an error pointer dereference in the sprd spi driver probe error-handling path when handling DMA setup failure during probe. A local user can trigger a probe path that falls back from DMA to PIO mode and reaches late error handling to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because the driver may attempt to release DMA channels after DMA setup has failed.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64168
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdea166c1a07c200caf9d0b722224fca43b23ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d67fffb74267772d461c02c67f1eff893ad547d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/450c319dd04d0eeff4184889768f7ada826a2e35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f233fb0c7be29b97cd249f64120bf35ce72805
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6f1acf4e57ccf708cdc0cb70f5bb5b65162963b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be409d2bbe9ca7da7b05cc7dde7499bc481f0766
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be74e276111f3c23b8e040c8c5e308f67a573add
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c33b4496e95d04722055446c0a31213639438536