UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42546 (CVE-2026-42546)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-07-06 20:16 – Updated: 2026-07-06 20:16 – Source website
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Details

OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.3.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a resource leak exists in OP-TEE’s shared memory cleanup logic because the function cleanup_shm_refs() in core/tee/entry_std.c fails to apply a required bitmask (OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_MASK) to parameter attributes. When processing non-contiguous memory parameters from a normal-world caller, the system fails to match the attribute type in its internal switch statement and skips the necessary mobj_put() call. This results in a persistent reference leak of mobj_reg_shm objects, which remain on internal lists with dangling refcounts. This affects non-FF-A configurations that support non-contiguous, non-secure shared memory. Over time, these accumulated leaks progressively consume the secure-world heap, degrading the system's ability to service trusted application operations and eventually requiring a reboot to recover. Version 4.11.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Severity
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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            "binary_version": "4.7.0-1"
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.3.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a resource leak exists in OP-TEE\u2019s shared memory cleanup logic because the function `cleanup_shm_refs()` in `core/tee/entry_std.c`  fails to apply a required bitmask (`OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_MASK`) to parameter attributes. When processing non-contiguous memory parameters from a normal-world caller, the system fails to match the attribute type in its internal switch statement and skips the necessary mobj_put() call. This results in a persistent reference leak of `mobj_reg_shm` objects, which remain on internal lists with dangling refcounts. This affects non-FF-A configurations that support non-contiguous, non-secure shared memory. Over time, these accumulated leaks progressively consume the secure-world heap, degrading the system\u0027s ability to service trusted application operations and eventually requiring a reboot to recover. Version 4.11.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42546",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T20:16:00Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T20:16:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-42546"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42546"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/security/advisories/GHSA-c7j8-fgqw-rcgp"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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}



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