High 7.8Published May 27, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:10 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b before c7c40c3e7b9fb900504aa746de3e53c5275b24bd; from 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b before f99165ef067723221472ce1aff632bc74f562643; from 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b before 385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003; 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b builds before 132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cff; from 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b before aa9025a498036b6012769f7af36d421385386c17; 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b builds before 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.19 before 6.6.140; from 6.7 before 6.12.86; from 6.13 before 6.18.27; from 6.19 before 7.0.4	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c40c3e7b9fb900504aa746de3e53c5275b24bd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f99165ef067723221472ce1aff632bc74f562643	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/385a330083f8dd47c15b02e9a83aef9234a37003	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/132e47030b0b5e398e0da6c59df5a5dae9b52cff	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9025a498036b6012769f7af36d421385386c17	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096	patch

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