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.
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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-416 |
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | tee: optee: prevent use-after-free when the client exits before the supplicant | |
| First Time appeared |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-25T08:39:57.811Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T07:44:35.395Z
Link: CVE-2026-53273
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