CVE-2022-50190

spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller

published June 18, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller

This reverts commit 59ebbe40fb51 ("spi: simplify

devm_spi_register_controller").

If devm_add_action() fails in devm_add_action_or_reset(),

devm_spi_unregister() will be called, it decreases the

refcount of 'ctlr->dev' to 0, then it will cause uaf in

the drivers that calling spi_put_controller() in error path.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00259 · 16.6th percentile
Published
2025-06-18T11:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUN 11:03Z
    spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller
    cvelistv5