CVE-2026-53158
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: fastrpc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in rpmsg callback
A NULL pointer dereference was observed on Hawi at boot when the DSP
sends a glink message before fastrpc_rpmsg_probe() has completed
initialization:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000178
pc : _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c
lr : fastrpc_rpmsg_callback+0x3c/0xcc [fastrpc]
...
Call trace:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c (P)
fastrpc_rpmsg_callback+0x3c/0xcc [fastrpc]
qcom_glink_native_rx+0x538/0x6a4
qcom_glink_smem_intr+0x14/0x24 [qcom_glink_smem]
The faulting address 0x178 corresponds to the lock variable inside
struct fastrpc_channel_ctx, confirming that cctx is NULL when
fastrpc_rpmsg_callback() attempts to take the spinlock.
There are two issues here. First, dev_set_drvdata() is called before
spin_lock_init() and idr_init(), leaving a window where the callback
can retrieve a valid cctx pointer but operate on an uninitialized
spinlock. Second, the rpmsg channel becomes live as soon as the driver
is bound, so fastrpc_rpmsg_callback() can fire before dev_set_drvdata()
is called at all, resulting in dev_get_drvdata() returning NULL.
Fix both issues by moving all cctx initialization ahead of
dev_set_drvdata() so the structure is fully initialized before it
becomes visible to the callback, and add a NULL check in
fastrpc_rpmsg_callback() as a guard against any remaining window.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 < 8fb4a23df5b7c02929b62e5dbc270ec7c42b8134, f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 < 4bfdf0a9855df55e9e031ca6a25b855820590c70, f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 < d5de9cb5355db36438edc621dde3673e3f235767, f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04 < d77583ca33299fede0c194744ef2284e7ba5b763 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.1, 0 < 5.1, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.94 ≤ 6.12.* … |
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4a23df5b7c02929b62e5dbc270ec7c42b8134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfdf0a9855df55e9e031ca6a25b855820590c70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5de9cb5355db36438edc621dde3673e3f235767
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d77583ca33299fede0c194744ef2284e7ba5b763
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5401fb4fe10fac6134c308495df18ed74aebb9c4