Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64221
Published: July 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU139789
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-2026-64221
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 a use-after-free in the ti-qspi driver when handling DMA setup failure during probe. A local user can trigger a DMA setup failure and subsequent use of a released DMA channel pointer to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs when the driver falls back to PIO mode after DMA setup failure.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64221
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/178b9b570c0f75fa7e691490520328b20d19138e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cd927002120678bd5d23c760246639caa53040e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bbbe7ae3fdada0df4157c1ffe989f92dfa8dcd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c6f306a8140962c7284197db54b96fdb5f468d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f422b122922d1abee907d673bcc990e5f3672d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a076fb596c7b408ed6df74793a597990a6d860
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6ec3343e05f7937a53eb6d7617b3abdb4abc19
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2dc841d7dc9063fe9b47ced869b1271e55052ae