CVE-2026-53273

tee: optee: prevent use-after-free when the client exits before the supplicant

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:39 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: optee: prevent use-after-free when the client exits before the supplicant Commit 70b0d6b0a199 ("tee: optee: Fix supplicant wait loop") made the client wait as killable so it can be interrupted during shutdown or after a supplicant crash. This changes the original lifetime expectations: the client task can now terminate while the supplicant is still processing its request. If the client exits first it removes the request from its queue and kfree()s it, while the request ID remains in supp->idr. A subsequent lookup on the supplicant path then dereferences freed memory, leading to a use-after-free. Serialise access to the request with supp->mutex: * Hold supp->mutex in optee_supp_recv() and optee_supp_send() while looking up and touching the request. * Let optee_supp_thrd_req() notice that the client has terminated and signal optee_supp_send() accordingly. With these changes the request cannot be freed while the supplicant still has a reference, eliminating the race.

Affected

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

5.10.235 ≤ v < 5.10.2595.15.179 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.4.291 ≤ v < 5.56.1.130 ≤ v < 6.1.1766.12.17 ≤ v < 6.12.946.13.5 ≤ v < 6.146.14.1 ≤ v < 6.18.366.19 ≤ v < 7.0.136.6.80 ≤ v < 6.6.143180cf373f84fff61b16f8c62553a13dd7cfca21234efe2a8474a6d2d01ea9573319de7858ce443eb4911364c764572e9db4ab900a57689a54e8ce5.10.2355.15.1795.4.2916.1.1306.12.176.13.56.146.14 rc46.14 rc56.14 rc66.14 rc76.6.807.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc670b0d6b0a199c5a3ee6c72f5e61681ed6f759612c0a9a948159153be145f9471435695373904ee6dd61cc1a435e6894bfb0dd3370c6f765d2d12825dec18520f5edc20a00c34a8c9fdd6507c355e880ffd9d2d6124c293e40797a080adf8a9c237efd8b8
Vendor states this is fixed in 373152c94e57e9592b68c100e224fbd943cfd608 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 387a926ee166814611acecb960207fe2f3c4fd3e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 416259cb5bffecaaae5f76539deb535a8c1b2c34 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 724d0caffd4204b46f78efe22f18f8338031c6e1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9a0dc9279d0907b198f205a693aedf696b08145d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ae847ab29ded2d7cece4d5970f0edefa4137bf2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d366a01475f927402c96a3fe78bfc06b924fc87d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d5b57bb314d79e99bebb58a53588fa11dd4dbf69 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.94 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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