CVE-2026-64169: spi: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- 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: 0.16% (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 0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529, 5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abc, 8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529, 5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abc, 8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9 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: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure The driver falls back to PIO mode if DMA setup fails during probe. Make sure to the clear the DMA channel pointers on setup failure to avoid dereferencing an error pointer on later probe errors or driver unbind. This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a devres allocation conversion patch.
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 5th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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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 kernel6.12 and later · before 6.12.92
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.34
- linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.0.11
- linux linux kernel7.1
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
- 6.12affected
- e79e7c2df6277ee1ad9364a231f6183da4492415 and later · before b6c0dabea07e25bd7db19a77ebfd0d02b9e2671aaffected · git
- e79e7c2df6277ee1ad9364a231f6183da4492415 and later · before 8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9affected · git
- e79e7c2df6277ee1ad9364a231f6183da4492415 and later · before 0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529affected · git
- e79e7c2df6277ee1ad9364a231f6183da4492415 and later · before 5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abcaffected · git
- before 6.12not affected · semver
- 6.12.92 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.34 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
- 7.0.11 and later · up to and including 7.0.*not affected · semver
- 7.1 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.94-1 | 6.12.94-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.0.12-1 | 7.0.12-1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-64167Jul 19, 2026 · kho: skip KHO for crash kernel22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-64168Jul 19, 2026 · spi: sprd: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-64172Jul 19, 2026 · KVM: SVM: Disable AVIC IPI virtualization on Hygon Family 18h (erratum #1235)28Monitor
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 | 0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abc | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b6c0dabea07e25bd7db19a77ebfd0d02b9e2671a | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.94-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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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).
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
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.