# CVE-2026-90433: spi: oc-tiny: switch to managed controller allocation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.39
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.39, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: oc-tiny: switch to managed controller allocation The controller is allocated with the non-managed spi_alloc_host() while the interrupt is registered with devm_request_irq(). During removal, spi_bitbang_stop() only unregisters the controller; the subsequent spi_controller_put() then frees the controller together with its embedded driver-private devdata, which is the IRQ handler's dev_id. The devm_request_irq() release action (free_irq()), which drains the handler, does not run until after .remove() returns. A late or latched interrupt can therefore reach tiny_spi_irq() and dereference already-freed memory (e.g. hw->base). Switch to devm_spi_alloc_host() so that the devres LIFO order releases the controller only after free_irq() has drained the handler, and drop the now-redundant spi_controller_put() from .remove(). The probe error path is simplified to direct returns. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2f1c58864fc3612c230a9d5cc1929e1ffe348ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9265fa8190312b87637def1382d36fc16de3b8e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0260c94453a08491640e61f8cf0c384edbe7bd11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef5cc4a8c088d05549f71950a72b5deff5000fd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cd16c8d68f58e54abb8f331d05469237200631f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d710f43ce30975d197f73c543bfe47b958d8ba17

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