{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2021-46959", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-02-27T18:42:55.939Z", "datePublished": "2024-02-29T22:31:12.304Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:18:46.554Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:18:46.554Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nspi: Fix use-after-free with devm_spi_alloc_*\n\nWe can't rely on the contents of the devres list during\nspi_unregister_controller(), as the list is already torn down at the\ntime we perform devres_find() for devm_spi_release_controller. This\ncauses devices registered with devm_spi_alloc_{master,slave}() to be\nmistakenly identified as legacy, non-devm managed devices and have their\nreference counters decremented below 0.\n\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 660 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x108/0x174\n[] (refcount_warn_saturate) from [] (kobject_put+0x90/0x98)\n[] (kobject_put) from [] (put_device+0x20/0x24)\n r4:b6700140\n[] (put_device) from [] (devm_spi_release_controller+0x3c/0x40)\n[] (devm_spi_release_controller) from [] (release_nodes+0x84/0xc4)\n r5:b6700180 r4:b6700100\n[] (release_nodes) from [] (devres_release_all+0x5c/0x60)\n r8:b1638c54 r7:b117ad94 r6:b1638c10 r5:b117ad94 r4:b163dc10\n[] (devres_release_all) from [] (__device_release_driver+0x144/0x1ec)\n r5:b117ad94 r4:b163dc10\n[] (__device_release_driver) from [] (device_driver_detach+0x84/0xa0)\n r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:b117ad94 r6:b163dc54 r5:b1638c10 r4:b163dc10\n[] (device_driver_detach) from [] 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