CVE-2026-53158
Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—
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:
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.
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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.
Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report
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]
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.12%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 2
- Score date: 10/4/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-476
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8c64511fd45690c5326f013710efcb4f73a97e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/150bf6f1193c69252580c19d3b3cd631ddce61d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfdf0a9855df55e9e031ca6a25b855820590c70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5401fb4fe10fac6134c308495df18ed74aebb9c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4a23df5b7c02929b62e5dbc270ec7c42b8134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d91218ccca1e990bfb737b5a6da23f0afba22b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5de9cb5355db36438edc621dde3673e3f235767
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d77583ca33299fede0c194744ef2284e7ba5b763
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