CVE-2026-31487

MEDIUM

spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match() callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF. Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking care of proper locking internally. Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock held is intentional. [1] Also note that we do not enable the driver_override feature of struct bus_type, as SPI - in contrast to most other buses - passes "" to sysfs_emit() when the driver_override pointer is NULL. Thus, printing "\n" instead of "(null)\n".

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 4.20
Linux/Linux 4.20
Linux/Linux 5039563e7c25eccd7fec1de6706011009d1c5665 - c73a58661a760373d08a6883af4f0bb5cc991a67
Linux/Linux 5039563e7c25eccd7fec1de6706011009d1c5665 - cc34d77dd48708d810c12bfd6f5bf03304f6c824
Linux/Linux 5039563e7c25eccd7fec1de6706011009d1c5665 - e0ae367a2de06c49aa1de6ec9b1ab6860bbb2cf0
Linux/Linux 5039563e7c25eccd7fec1de6706011009d1c5665 - eedf220442d13b6d97294e5b0ac8a2c38ee1a1a0
Linux/Linux 6.12.80 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.21 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.11 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
... and 3 more
Published Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026