CVE-2026-45996

spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 27, 2026
Updated: Jun 19, 2026
Reserved: May 13, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind

The SPI subsystem frees the controller and any subsystem allocated driver data as part of deregistration (unless the allocation is device managed).

Take another reference before deregistering the controller so that the driver data is not freed until the driver is done with it.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before c7c40c3e7b9fb900504aa746de3e53c5275b24bdAffected 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before f99165ef067723221472ce1aff632bc74f562643Affected 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before 385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003Affected 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before 132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cffAffected 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before aa9025a498036b6012769f7af36d421385386c17Affected 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096Affected
LinuxLinux	5.19Affected before 5.19Not affected 6.1.176 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.140 through 6.6.Not affected 6.12.86 through 6.12.Not affected 6.18.27 through 6.18.Not affected 7.0.4 through 7.0.*Not affected 7.1 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before c7c40c3e7b9fb900504aa746de3e53c5275b24bdAffected
307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before f99165ef067723221472ce1aff632bc74f562643Affected
307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before 385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003Affected
307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before 132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cffAffected
307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before aa9025a498036b6012769f7af36d421385386c17Affected
307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b to before 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096Affected

LinuxLinux

5.19Affected
before 5.19Not affected
6.1.176 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.140 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.12.86 through 6.12.*Not affected
6.18.27 through 6.18.*Not affected
7.0.4 through 7.0.*Not affected
7.1 and laterNot affected

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