CVE-2026-90427 (GCVE-0-2026-90427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 16:09 – Updated: 2026-09-18 17:55
VLAI
Title
iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Don't fall back to a freed smmu after devm_krealloc()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Don't fall back to a freed smmu after devm_krealloc() __tegra241_cmdqv_probe() uses devm_krealloc() to grow @smmu into the larger tegra241_cmdqv, which frees the original @smmu once it relocates. A failure after that returned NULL, and the caller then dereferenced the freed @smmu on its fallback path. Return an int and take @smmu by reference instead, then update *smmu to the reallocated pointer after devm_krealloc() succeeds, so the caller and its fallback path both use the live @smmu rather than the freed original.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 918eb5c856f6ce4cf93b4b38e4b5e156905c5943 , < 86197679b293f0601c3331d545f99a70a7780aa9 (git)
Affected: 918eb5c856f6ce4cf93b4b38e4b5e156905c5943 , < d4d05f55e9da646ec03adfa77260eb46f4163749 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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