Linux Kernel up to 6.18.21/6.19.11 spi remove privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.21/6.19.11 and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function remove of the component spi. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-31783. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.21/6.19.11. Affected by this issue is the function remove of the component spi. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: amlogic: spifc-a4: unregister ECC engine on probe failure and remove() callback aml_sfc_probe() registers the on-host NAND ECC engine, but teardown was missing from both probe unwind and remove-time cleanup. Add a devm cleanup action after successful registration so nand_ecc_unregister_on_host_hw_engine() runs automatically on probe failures and during device removal.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-31783 since 03/09/2026. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.18.22 or 6.19.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ee4c064e37d4d0ddc5a7580933dbe79a2c6acafc/5e11741aec3b242a197250b473c37b58f53a16b6/b0dc7e7c56573e7a52080f25f3179a45f3dd7e6f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.18.14
• 6.18.15
• 6.18.16
• 6.18.17
• 6.18.18
• 6.18.19
• 6.18.20
• 6.18.21
• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3
• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5
• 6.19.6
• 6.19.7
• 6.19.8
• 6.19.9
• 6.19.10
• 6.19.11

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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