{"cve":"CVE-2026-53204","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-25T09:16:37.960","modified":"2026-07-02T20:55:42.140","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: stratix10-rsu: Fix NULL deref on rsu_send_msg() timeout in probe\n\nrsu_send_msg() can return -ETIMEDOUT when\nwait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout() fires while the SMC call is still\npending. In stratix10_rsu_probe(), the error paths for COMMAND_RSU_DCMF_VERSION,\nCOMMAND_RSU_DCMF_STATUS, COMMAND_RSU_MAX_RETRY and COMMAND_RSU_GET_SPT_TABLE\ncall stratix10_svc_free_channel() - which sets chan->scl to NULL - but then\nfall through and queue the next request on the same channel. The next svc\nkthread that runs will dereference pdata->chan->scl in its receive callback\npath, triggering a NULL pointer dereference identical to the one fixed by\ncommit c45f7263100c (\"firmware: stratix10-rsu: Fix NULL pointer dereference\nwhen RSU is disabled\") for the COMMAND_RSU_STATUS path.\n\nApply the same cleanup pattern to the remaining failure paths: remove the\nasync client, free the channel, and return early so no further messages are\nqueued on a channel whose scl has been cleared.\n\nWhile at it, clean up stratix10_rsu_probe() in two ways without changing\nbehavior:\n\n- Drop redundant zero-initialization of fields already cleared by\n  devm_kzalloc(): client.receive_cb, status.* and spt0/1_address\n  (INVALID_SPT_ADDRESS is 0x0).\n\n- Replace five identical 3-line error-cleanup blocks\n  (stratix10_svc_remove_async_client() + stratix10_svc_free_channel() +\n  return ret) with goto labels (remove_async_client, free_channel),\n  matching the standard kernel resource-unwinding pattern and making it\n  easier to extend the probe sequence without forgetting matching\n  cleanup.\n\nAlso move init_completion() next to mutex_init() so sync-primitive\ninitialization is grouped before anything that could trigger a\ncallback.\n\n---\nv2: Add a minor clean-up of the function stratix10_rsu_probe() to have a\n    centralize exit for all the rsu_send_async_msg() and rsu_send_msg().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc249d324241c64118a3018124798c28e2950f7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd2eb9bba548a8f63c3339bb1fb9a2031a42d86"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:17.107060303+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53204","score":0.00143,"percentile":0.0362,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}