# CVE-2024-27028: spi: spi-mt65xx: Fix NULL pointer access in interrupt handler

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-mt65xx: Fix NULL pointer access in interrupt handler The TX buffer in spi_transfer can be a NULL pointer, so the interrupt handler may end up writing to the invalid memory and cause crashes. Add a check to trans->tx_buf before using it.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2342b05ec5342a519e00524a507f7a6ea6791a38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55f8ea6731aa64871ee6aef7dba53ee9f9f3b2f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcfcdf19698024565eff427706ebbd8df65abd11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10fed329c1c104f375a75ed97ea3abef0786d62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/766ec94cc57492eab97cbbf1595bd516ab0cb0e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b1f837b15cf3ec2835724bdf8577e47d14c753
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea82355df9e1c299625405b1947fc9b26b4c6d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1784053cf10a14c4ebd8a890bad5cfe1bee51713
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a20ad45008a7c82f1184dc6dee280096009ece55

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