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CVE-2026-64169Disclosure(linux / linux_kernel)

LOWCVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch linux linux_kernel systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Patch / fix
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-476

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • linux_kernel

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
linux
Products
linux_kernel

1 version affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-07-19: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-07-19: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-19: 207-19
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Disclosure

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-64169 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 i… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64169 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-64169 En … http://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The post announces CVE‑2026‑64169 as resolved in the Linux kernel, offering a brief technical description of a pointer‑dereference flaw, but does not supply any PoC, exploit, or patch details.

    0000048
    92 followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-64169 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 i… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64169

    Post summary

    CVE‑2026‑64169 is a pointer dereference bug in the Linux kernel’s ep93xx SPI driver, now fixed by applying a fallback to PIO mode after DMA failure.

    00000683
    57.8K followersView on X
CPE platform detail5 entries

5 of 5 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSlinuxlinux_kernel---
OSlinuxlinux_kernel7.1--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel7.1--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel7.1--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel7.1--

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