---
id: CVE-2026-53158
title: |-
  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…
summary: |-
  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…
severity: none
published: '2026-06-25'
updated: '2026-07-04'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53158'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8c64511fd45690c5326f013710efcb4f73a97e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/150bf6f1193c69252580c19d3b3cd631ddce61d7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfdf0a9855df55e9e031ca6a25b855820590c70'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5401fb4fe10fac6134c308495df18ed74aebb9c4'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4a23df5b7c02929b62e5dbc270ec7c42b8134'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d91218ccca1e990bfb737b5a6da23f0afba22b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5de9cb5355db36438edc621dde3673e3f235767'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d77583ca33299fede0c194744ef2284e7ba5b763'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00123
epssPercentile: 0.02329
ingestedAt: '2026-07-04T12:56:09.632Z'
---

## Overview

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:

  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]

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.

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.