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CVE-2026-45996: spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.13% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Linux Linux 132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cff, 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096, 385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003; azl3 kernel 6.6.139.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.141.1-1.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cff, 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096, 385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003; azl3 kernel 6.6.139.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.141.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind The SPI subsystem frees the controller and any subsystem allocated driver data as part of deregistration (unless the allocation is device managed). Take another reference before deregistering the controller so that the driver data is not freed until the driver is done with it.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Memory safety

BDU:2026-13822

Published: May 27, 2026
Updated: Nov 6, 2026
EPSS: 0.1% · 3th percentile
CWE: CWE-416

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
linux	linux kernel	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

linux linux kernel5.19 and later · before 6.6.140
linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.86
linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.27
linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.0.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Linux Linux
- 5.19affected
- 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b and later · before c7c40c3e7b9fb900504aa746de3e53c5275b24bdaffected · git
- 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b and later · before f99165ef067723221472ce1aff632bc74f562643affected · git
- 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b and later · before 385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003affected · git
- 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b and later · before 132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cffaffected · git
- 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b and later · before aa9025a498036b6012769f7af36d421385386c17affected · git
- 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b and later · before 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096affected · git
- before 5.19not affected · semver
- 6.1.176 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.140 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	linux	before 6.1.176-1	6.1.176-1
Debian:13	linux	before 6.12.86-1	6.12.86-1
Debian:14	linux	before 7.0.4-1	7.0.4-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2026-45988May 27, 2026 · rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets
39Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2026-45991May 27, 2026 · udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping
31Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-45997May 27, 2026 · scsi: sd: fix missing put_disk() when device_add(&disk_dev) fails
22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Linux Linux	132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cff	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	aa9025a498036b6012769f7af36d421385386c17	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	c7c40c3e7b9fb900504aa746de3e53c5275b24bd	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	f99165ef067723221472ce1aff632bc74f562643	Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.139.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0	6.6.141.1-1 · CBL-Mariner Releases	Microsoft (MSRC)
debian:linux	6.1.176-1 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-26-0290 · Jun 2, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1free(dev->buf);
2/* ... another thread is still running ... */
3process(dev->buf);

Fixed

1lock(&dev->lock);
2free(dev->buf);
3dev->buf = NULL;
4unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

SSVC exploitation— → noneNov 6, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC
Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cff

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