CVE-2026-31544

MEDIUM

firmware: arm_scmi: Fix NULL dereference on notify error path

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix NULL dereference on notify error path Since commit b5daf93b809d1 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Avoid notifier registration for unsupported events") the call chains leading to the helper __scmi_event_handler_get_ops expect an ERR_PTR to be returned on failure to get an handler for the requested event key, while the current helper can still return a NULL when no handler could be found or created. Fix by forcing an ERR_PTR return value when the handler reference is NULL.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
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-476
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.18.20 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.10 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux b5daf93b809d13a194f8a8eeacfab1cfa241bbc3 - 555317d6100164748f7d09f80142739bd29f0cda
Linux/Linux b5daf93b809d13a194f8a8eeacfab1cfa241bbc3 - 70d9bd9a2e683afe6200b0c20af22f06f1a199a4
Linux/Linux b5daf93b809d13a194f8a8eeacfab1cfa241bbc3 - 8414d2800c34528467df23ce6192c254a73e4459
linux/linux_kernel 7.0 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.17 - 6.18.20
Published Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 24, 2026