# CVE-2026-31485

> Vulnerability · severity: **HIGH** (CVSS 7.8).

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

spi: spi-fsl-lpspi: fix teardown order issue (UAF)

There is a teardown order issue in the driver. The SPI controller is
registered using devm_spi_register_controller(), which delays
unregistration of the SPI controller until after the fsl_lpspi_remove()
function returns.

As the fsl_lpspi_remove() function synchronously tears down the DMA
channels, a running SPI transfer triggers the following NULL pointer
dereference due to use after free:

| fsl_lpspi 42550000.spi: I/O Error in DMA RX
| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[...]
| Call trace:
|  fsl_lpspi_dma_transfer+0x260/0x340 [spi_fsl_lpspi]
|  fsl_lpspi_transfer_one+0x198/0x448 [spi_fsl_lpspi]
|  spi_transfer_one_message+0x49c/0x7c8
|  __spi_pump_transfer_message+0x120/0x420
|  __spi_sync+0x2c4/0x520
|  spi_sync+0x34/0x60
|  spidev_message+0x20c/0x378 [spidev]
|  spidev_ioctl+0x398/0x750 [spidev]
[...]

Switch from devm_spi_register_controller() to spi_register_controller() in
fsl_lpspi_probe() and add the corresponding spi_unregister_controller() in
fsl_lpspi_remove().

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-31485
- **Published:** 2026-04-22
- **CVSS severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS base score:** 7.8
- **CWE codes:** CWE-416

## Affected products

- `linux:linux_kernel`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31485

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-31485. Retrieved 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-31485. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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