CVE-2025-71193

phy: qcom-qusb2: Fix NULL pointer dereference on early suspend

published February 4, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

phy: qcom-qusb2: Fix NULL pointer dereference on early suspend

Enabling runtime PM before attaching the QPHY instance as driver data

can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in runtime PM callbacks that

expect valid driver data. There is a small window where the suspend

callback may run after PM runtime enabling and before runtime forbid.

This causes a sporadic crash during boot:

```

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a1

[...]

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.16.7+ #116 PREEMPT

Workqueue: pm pm_runtime_work

pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)

pc : qusb2_phy_runtime_suspend+0x14/0x1e0 [phy_qcom_qusb2]

lr : pm_generic_runtime_suspend+0x2c/0x44

[...]

```

Attach the QPHY instance as driver data before enabling runtime PM to

prevent NULL pointer dereference in runtime PM callbacks.

Reorder pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_forbid() to prevent a

short window where an unnecessary runtime suspend can occur.

Use the devres-managed version to ensure PM runtime is symmetrically

disabled during driver removal for proper cleanup.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00197 · 8.9th percentile
Published
2026-02-04T16:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 FEB 16:04Z
    phy: qcom-qusb2: Fix NULL pointer dereference on early suspend
    cvelistv5