ieee802154: ca8210: fix cas_ctl leak on spi_async failure (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 13 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: ca8210: fix cas_ctl leak on spi_async failure ca8210_spi_transfer() allocates cas_ctl with kzalloc_obj(GFP_ATOMIC) and relies entirely on the SPI completion callback ca8210_spi_transfer_complete() to free it. The spi_async() API only invokes the completion callback on successful submission. On failure it returns a negative error code without ever queuing the callback, which leaves cas_ctl and its embedded spi_message and spi_transfer orphaned. Every kfree(cas_ctl) in the driver is inside the completion callback, so there is no other reclamation path. ca8210_spi_transfer() is called from ca8210_spi_exchange(), the interrupt handler ca8210_interrupt_handler(), and from the retry path inside the completion callback itself. The exchange and interrupt handler paths loop on -EBUSY, so under sustained SPI bus contention every retry iteration leaks a fresh cas_ctl (~600 bytes per occurrence). Fix it by freeing cas_ctl on the spi_async() error path. While here, correct the misleading error string: the function calls spi_async(), not spi_sync().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460c5cd51e4d7d15b317f178f42cfcb666c0fe91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b07aea90dbc6e188c74c100af64b77b9482ffc65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe90605b651573d30be8293ff5be40e3d7023117
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9071dc7889bef42590e04fbf3e56cc65e1e5e6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a397fe803c2d157f6ebb068b802ef75fbf109e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5cca1d2a908ddd5e357971de0f2009617b8d6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e3630fbb6aabb844bbf35746dee0bf3894100c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09390e439bd7cca30dd10893b1f64802961667a
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59006
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-72048
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 < 460c5cd51e4d7d15b317f178f42cfcb666c0fe91 ; affected ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 < b07aea90dbc6e188c74c100af64b77b9482ffc65 ; affected ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 < fe90605b651573d30be8293ff5be40e3d7023117 ; affected ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 < b9071dc7889bef42590e04fbf3e56cc65e1e5e6e ; affected ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 < d4a397fe803c2d157f6ebb068b802ef75fbf109e ; affected ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242 < cb5cca1d2a908ddd5e357971de0f2009617b8d6a |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.12 ; unaffected 0 < 4.12 ; unaffected 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |