cpufreq: imx6q: fix out-of-bounds write when probed more than once
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: imx6q: fix out-of-bounds write when probed more than once imx6_soc_volt is allocated fresh on every probe, sized to the number of ARM OPPs: imx6_soc_volt = devm_kcalloc(cpu_dev, num, sizeof(*imx6_soc_volt), GFP_KERNEL); but it is filled through soc_opp_count, which has static storage and is never reset. A second bind after an unbind keeps indexing from where the first one stopped, and writes past the end of the new array. Unbinding and rebinding the driver on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk, under KASAN: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in imx6q_cpufreq_probe+0x3b0/0xa34 Write of size 4 at addr c5e90480 by task binder/73 imx6q_cpufreq_probe from platform_probe+0x88/0xe4 platform_probe from really_probe+0x108/0x384 bind_store from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1b4/0x28c The write lands one u32 past the end of the allocation. soc_opp_count is only read a few lines below the loop that fills it, so it never needed static storage. Make it a local.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90295
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mqwh-wx53-vxj4
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263a35331169390f7f9ccb51d74e668610199af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f2f9b1d0cc76cf221306fc707703205bd27073
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5135bc34ea37e9d19f758e61ac44415afb3891a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55864b26c22cbd4b2e0d36154a8c35931c2e133b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b166bb79b7ef36b4f1d6d1f40d1a72b2eb0a56b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa66e60c0e21d19993a95bc3718dc29eb2d3192
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55516986a3d81325c84f2d4ae9cd03116bc63599
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c3afcf27fa4582c1ab912503dc8a4ebb8dc0f82
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90295 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90295 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mqwh-wx53-vxj4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90295 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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