PT-2026-51918 · Linux · Linux

Published

2026-06-24

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Updated

2026-06-24

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CVE-2026-53024

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
greybus: raw: fix use-after-free if write is called after disconnect
If a user writes to the chardev after disconnect has been called, the kernel panics with the following trace (with CONFIG INIT ON FREE DEFAULT ON=y):
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000218
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Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 gb operation create common+0x61/0x180
 gb operation create flags+0x28/0xa0
 gb operation sync timeout+0x6f/0x100
 raw write+0x7b/0xc7 [gb raw]
 vfs write+0xcf/0x420
 ? task mm cid work+0x136/0x220
 ksys write+0x63/0xe0
 do syscall 64+0xa4/0x290
 entry SYSCALL 64 after hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Disconnect calls gb connection destroy, which ends up freeing the connection object. When gb operation sync is called in the write file operations, its gets a freed connection as parameter and the kernel panics.
The gb connection destroy cannot be moved out of the disconnect function, as the Greybus subsystem expect all connections belonging to a bundle to be destroyed when disconnect returns.
To prevent this bug, use a rw lock to synchronize access between write and disconnect. This guarantees that the write function doesn't try to use a disconnected connection.
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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-53024

Affected Products

Linux