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CVE-2026-99024

optee: register TEE devices only once fully initialized

Published
2026-10-23
Last modified
2026-10-23
CNA
Linux
NVD status
Received
CVSS v3.1 (listed by NVD)
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Not scored
CVSS v4.0 (listed by NVD)
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Not scored
CVSS (listed by CVE.org)
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Not scored
EPSS exploit probability
0.2%
Percentile 10.5%
as of 2026-10-24
CISA KEV
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Not listed

Description

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: optee: register TEE devices only once fully initialized optee_probe() called tee_device_register() on both the client and the supplicant device before the rest of struct optee had been initialized. tee_device_register() calls cdev_device_add(), which does two things at once: it creates /dev/tee0 and /dev/teepriv0, and it links the device into the tee class so that class_find_device() can find it. From that moment on the device is reachable both from user space via tee_open() and from kernel space via tee_client_open_context(). The only gate in teedev_open() is tee_device_get(), which merely checks that teedev->desc is non-NULL, which was already set by tee_device_alloc(). Therefore, there is effectively no gate at all. A context opened in that window can run against a struct optee where - optee->call_queue.mutex is not initialized by optee_cq_init() - optee->supp mutex and completions is not initialized by optee_supp_init() - optee->rpmb_dev_mutex is not initialized yet, - the message argument cache is not initialized by optee_shm_arg_cache_init() - optee->ctx is still NULL Any open session or invoke during this window takes uninitialized mutexes and dereferences a NULL pointer. Fix it by moving both tee_device_register() calls down to the point where all of struct optee is set up. [JW: adding fixes and cc]

Affected products and packages

CNA (CVE.org)

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux
affected: 4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 … < 262062c01f5a817104c88bf6eacb7c6ffdc7018d
affected: 4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 … < 8cae1605be8a047ae3a62df07b9474d61462c4f6
affected: 4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 … < 681adbc9c7a820279582a295e183fa6a1d1b4ec4
affected: 4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 … < 2f7240f0a6fd83df274fc0a2abf0609b4e6bd388
affected: 4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 … < c108feca0a096f8db25d1b69130035025e9e936d
default: unaffected
LinuxLinux
affected: 4.12
unaffected: 0 … < 4.12
unaffected: 6.6.160 … <= 6.6.*
unaffected: 6.12.113 … <= 6.12.*
unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.*
unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.*
unaffected: 7.3 … <= *
default: affected

Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)

optee: register TEE devices only once fully initialized

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed in
>= 4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2, < 262062c01f5a817104c88bf6eacb7c6ffdc7018d; < 8cae1605be8a047ae3a62df07b9474d61462c4f6; < 681adbc9c7a820279582a295e183fa6a1d1b4ec4; < 2f7240f0a6fd83df274fc0a2abf0609b4e6bd388; < c108feca0a096f8db25d1b69130035025e9e936d262062c01f5a817104c88bf6eacb7c6ffdc7018d, 8cae1605be8a047ae3a62df07b9474d61462c4f6, 681adbc9c7a820279582a295e183fa6a1d1b4ec4, 2f7240f0a6fd83df274fc0a2abf0609b4e6bd388, c108feca0a096f8db25d1b69130035025e9e936d
LinuxKernel>= 4.12.0, < 6.6.160; >= 6.7.0, < 6.12.113; >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.116.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11

Linux distribution status

Red Hat ↗

No record

Debian ↗

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / notes
bookwormlinuxopen not yet assigned
forkylinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
sidlinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
trixielinuxresolved not yet assigned6.12.113-1

Ubuntu ↗

No record

References (8)