FKIE_CVE-2026-97502

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-24 17:17 - Updated: 2026-09-24 17:17
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: davinci: avoid NULL deref of host->data in IRQ handler mmc_davinci_irq() returns early only when both host->cmd and host->data are NULL: if (host->cmd == NULL && host->data == NULL) { ... return IRQ_NONE; } So we may legitimately reach the rest of the handler with host->data == NULL (and therefore data == NULL). The DATDNE branch already guards against this with an explicit "if (data != NULL)" check, but the subsequent TOUTRD ("read data timeout") and CRCWR/CRCRD ("data CRC error") branches dereference data unconditionally: if (qstatus & MMCST0_TOUTRD) { data->error = -ETIMEDOUT; <-- NULL deref ... davinci_abort_data(host, data); } if (qstatus & (MMCST0_CRCWR | MMCST0_CRCRD)) { data->error = -EILSEQ; <-- NULL deref ... } If either bit is set in qstatus while host->data is NULL, the kernel will crash inside the IRQ handler. smatch flags this: drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c:933 mmc_davinci_irq() error: we previously assumed 'data' could be null (see line 914) Gate both branches on a non-NULL data, matching the existing pattern used by the DATDNE branch. No functional change for callers where data is non-NULL, which is the only case in which these branches did meaningful work before this change.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f28846aaf8db9668e338b8987973f8935edff34
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7e151fe9ea9311ba601849aaecdc4fc97fd577
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a01cedf230dc0fcd55b994f5e548d3982ba4c732
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    {
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          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c"
          ],
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    }
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmmc: davinci: avoid NULL deref of host-\u003edata in IRQ handler\n\nmmc_davinci_irq() returns early only when both host-\u003ecmd and\nhost-\u003edata are NULL:\n\n  if (host-\u003ecmd == NULL \u0026\u0026 host-\u003edata == NULL) {\n          ...\n          return IRQ_NONE;\n  }\n\nSo we may legitimately reach the rest of the handler with\nhost-\u003edata == NULL (and therefore data == NULL). The DATDNE branch\nalready guards against this with an explicit \"if (data != NULL)\"\ncheck, but the subsequent TOUTRD (\"read data timeout\") and\nCRCWR/CRCRD (\"data CRC error\") branches dereference data\nunconditionally:\n\n  if (qstatus \u0026 MMCST0_TOUTRD) {\n          data-\u003eerror = -ETIMEDOUT;        \u003c-- NULL deref\n          ...\n          davinci_abort_data(host, data);\n  }\n\n  if (qstatus \u0026 (MMCST0_CRCWR | MMCST0_CRCRD)) {\n          data-\u003eerror = -EILSEQ;           \u003c-- NULL deref\n          ...\n  }\n\nIf either bit is set in qstatus while host-\u003edata is NULL, the kernel\nwill crash inside the IRQ handler. smatch flags this:\n\n  drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c:933 mmc_davinci_irq() error: we\n    previously assumed \u0027data\u0027 could be null (see line 914)\n\nGate both branches on a non-NULL data, matching the existing pattern\nused by the DATDNE branch.\n\nNo functional change for callers where data is non-NULL, which is\nthe only case in which these branches did meaningful work before\nthis change."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-97502",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-24T17:17:27.963",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:17:27.963",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f28846aaf8db9668e338b8987973f8935edff34"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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