Not yet scoredPublished Sep 17, 2026

CVE-2026-90070tpm: st33zp24: Return zero on status read failure

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: st33zp24: Return zero on status read failure st33zp24_status() ignores the result of the transport read and returns data even when no byte was received. The I2C transport, for example, skips i2c_master_recv() when the register-select write is short or fails, leaving data uninitialized. The resulting stack value can be interpreted as TPM_STS flags and let status checks complete spuriously. The status callback cannot propagate a transport error. Return zero unless recv() reports exactly one byte. With no status bits set, callers retry or take their existing timeout or error path instead of acting on an invalid status value. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 before d732cfc4befe28f02ec82ed5fd2bc2a21fbabd42; from 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 before 4973e8386257eed10e5433a94a53bcc6ec37d2a1; from 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 before 981307e2e8a930da492c2bcf763865c47c2a5165; 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 builds before 1bfd5c54e40704ce93d128a25de3d8dd772bf183; 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 builds before 38c26fe4522963a91d4fb02c844d8faa740fe9d1; 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 builds before 14feaa498c20c1b7ddefe27de5329aaff822cc0d; from 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 before e6d7d9b665419cda3e9f91030d81c9f8ba71e51d; 251a7b08213af82e40e4a70cac056e245853c410 builds before 8b92687708f5ef980de01c2042dbd76d11f78547	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d732cfc4befe28f02ec82ed5fd2bc2a21fbabd42
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4973e8386257eed10e5433a94a53bcc6ec37d2a1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981307e2e8a930da492c2bcf763865c47c2a5165
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bfd5c54e40704ce93d128a25de3d8dd772bf183
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c26fe4522963a91d4fb02c844d8faa740fe9d1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14feaa498c20c1b7ddefe27de5329aaff822cc0d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6d7d9b665419cda3e9f91030d81c9f8ba71e51d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b92687708f5ef980de01c2042dbd76d11f78547

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