Critical severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-90012
spi: Fix DMA mapping ownership on partial map failure
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: Fix DMA mapping ownership on partial map failure
If RX mapping fails after TX mapping succeeds, __spi_map_msg() unmaps
TX but leaves tx_sg_mapped set. If TX mapping fails on a later
transfer, mappings created for earlier transfers remain active.
In both cases, cur_{tx,rx}_dma_dev have not yet been updated because they
are assigned only after every transfer has been mapped. The subsequent
spi_unmap_msg() may therefore unmap the TX mapping again or release
earlier mappings using a NULL or stale device. Using a NULL device can
trigger an oops. An empty SG table does not prevent the NULL dereference
because dma_unmap_sg_attrs() accesses the device before checking the
entry count.
Publish both mapping devices before mapping starts and unwind all
failures through __spi_unmap_msg(). This clears the mapping flags and
releases each mapping once with the device that created it.
Publishing the devices before the loop also refreshes them when no
transfer needs mapping. No mapping flag is set in that case, so current
users do not use the pointers as mapping owners.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
e289df82344fecc104ad8326b9ab6da612b9c899 before cc8354213ad6bd5fb8cc05a3fa3701188d086626; e289df82344fecc104ad8326b9ab6da612b9c899 before a38051fa2ddedbc8ec15292c55e276880ec5b9a4; e289df82344fecc104ad8326b9ab6da612b9c899 before 5def8b6aaad44603740786262b95b6f77df52a1c; e289df82344fecc104ad8326b9ab6da612b9c899 before 367cea239fc93094e5c16a72724800e0358f5c46; 6.11 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90012
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367cea239fc93094e5c16a72724800e0358f5c46
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5def8b6aaad44603740786262b95b6f77df52a1c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a38051fa2ddedbc8ec15292c55e276880ec5b9a4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc8354213ad6bd5fb8cc05a3fa3701188d086626
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