CVE-2026-64169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c0dabea07e25bd7db19a77ebfd0d02b9e2671a

History

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		spi: ep93xx: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e2189ab095e3657f37b8295f3f2bbcde0f27529 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e121a81667a83e9a01d62b429e340f5a4a84abc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e027db9fa310b1d5e7ad928510be800c4f004d9 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c0dabea07e25bd7db19a77ebfd0d02b9e2671a

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-07-19T15:40:54.092Z

Updated: 2026-07-19T15:40:54.092Z

Reserved: 2026-07-19T07:54:57.038Z

Link: CVE-2026-64169

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