Use After Free Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.164-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-15654959
  • published16 Mar 2026
  • disclosed18 Feb 2026

Introduced: 18 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-23221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()

The driver_override_show() function reads the driver_override string without holding the device_lock. However, driver_override_store() uses driver_set_override(), which modifies and frees the string while holding the device_lock.

This can result in a concurrent use-after-free if the string is freed by the store function while being read by the show function.

Fix this by holding the device_lock around the read operation.

CVSS Base Scores

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