bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show() The driver_override_show() function reads the driver_override string without holding the device_lock. However, driver_override_store() uses driver_set_override(), which modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock. This can result in a concurrent use-after-free if the string is freed by the store function while being read by the show function. Fix this by holding the device_lock around the read operation.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show() The driver_override_show() function reads the driver_override string without holding the device_lock. However, driver_override_store() uses driver_set_override(), which modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock. This can result in a concurrent use-after-free if the string is freed by the store function while being read by the show function. Fix this by holding the device_lock around the read operation.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/148891e95014b5dc5878acefa57f1940c281c431
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6bd6183e723a7b256ff34bbb5b498b5f4f2ec0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2ae33e1c6361e960a4d00f7cf75d880b54f9528
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1983840287303e0dfb401b1b6cecc5ea7471e90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c424e72cfa67e7e1477035058a8a659f2c0ea637
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71dfb7833db7af652ee8f65011f14c97c47405d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8ba8c0c3f3916d4ee1e3a09da9cd5caff5d227
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23221.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23221