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CVE-2026-64169: spi: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-19 · updated 2026-08-13
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure The driver falls back to PIO mode if DMA setup fails during probe. Make sure to the clear the DMA channel pointers on setup failure to avoid dereferencing an error pointer on later probe errors or driver unbind. This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a devres allocation conversion patch.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.12 before 6.12.92; from 6.13 before 6.18.34; from 6.19 before 7.0.11; 7.1-rc1, 7.1-rc2, 7.1-rc3, 7.1-rc4 — fixed in 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c0dabea07e25bd7db19a77ebfd0d02b9e2671a

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