---
id: CVE-2026-23475
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  spi: fix statistics allocation

  The controller per-cpu statistics is not allocated until after the
  controller has been registered with driver core, which leaves a windo…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  spi: fix statistics allocation

  The controller per-cpu statistics is not allocated until after the
  controller has been registered with driver core, which leaves a windo…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.0, < 6.1.167'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.130'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.78'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.20'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.10'
  - linux_kernel = 7.0
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.19.10
published: '2026-04-03'
updated: '2026-07-24'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23475'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118ce777d39f03cac99231196f820e4f998613a8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/378b295f67102eef78cf2c28105f60ae1dab5cc1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80c5bd0dca1cc5526ae0f4b273ccd163ed4caa4e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dee0774bbb2abb172e9069ce5ffef579b12b3ae9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df30056c78e8bead02d4be020199cabdbec0fef1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13100b1f5f111989f0750540a795fdef47492af'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00123
epssPercentile: 0.01764
ingestedAt: '2026-07-25T22:05:03.912Z'
---

## Overview

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

spi: fix statistics allocation

The controller per-cpu statistics is not allocated until after the
controller has been registered with driver core, which leaves a window
where accessing the sysfs attributes can trigger a NULL-pointer
dereference.

Fix this by moving the statistics allocation to controller allocation
while tying its lifetime to that of the controller (rather than using
implicit devres).

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 6.0, < 6.1.167`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.130`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.78`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.20`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.10`
- `linux_kernel = 7.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.19.10`