mmc: davinci: avoid NULL deref of host->data in IRQ handler
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: 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.
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 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
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-2026-97502
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7j63-m3c7-g76r
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@3c5e3e5badbf0592332887d12db02458323682c3, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51738de7dd5f8e8b33dfc07ef85bc06d3bf41e96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f216cf00e829895ff49bdf695c944915e59bd698
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0cde8d70d64c1a75fbd57f01d9f2d7cccac8319
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c5e3e5badbf0592332887d12db02458323682c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a01cedf230dc0fcd55b994f5e548d3982ba4c732
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7e151fe9ea9311ba601849aaecdc4fc97fd577
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f28846aaf8db9668e338b8987973f8935edff34
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97502 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97502 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7j63-m3c7-g76r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97502 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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