CVE-2026-52979

net: psp: check for device unregister when creating assoc

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:28 PM UTC
Updated: July 14, 2026 at 05:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: psp: check for device unregister when creating assoc psp_assoc_device_get_locked() obtains a psp_dev reference via psp_dev_get_for_sock() (which uses psp_dev_tryget() under RCU); it then acquires psd->lock and drops the reference. Before the lock is taken, psp_dev_unregister() can run to completion: take psd->lock, clear out state, unlock, drop the registration reference. The expectation is that the lock prevents device unregistration, but much like with netdevs special care has to be taken when "upgrading" a reference to a locked device. Add the missing check if device is still alive. psp_dev_is_registered() exists already but had no callers, which makes me wonder if I either forgot to add this or lost the check during refactoring...

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.18 ≤ v < 6.18.336.18 ≤ v < 7.0.106.18 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d7807.1 rc1
Vendor states this is fixed in b89769f936a8fa9e66de72ddc1b71a9745a488e6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d90df5ce6deb2424de3ad89bcc693ac1b67accc9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e201c57073e624dd2ba5beaf9eda31e19b77b332 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-667

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