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CVE-2026-53222

ptp: ocp: fix resource freeing order

EPSS 0.1%

Published 2026-06-25 (4 months ago) by the Linux kernel CNA. Subsystem drivers/ptp. Debian urgency: unimportant.

What to do, per Debian release

Debian's own status for CVE-2026-53222 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source

ReleaseStatus VersionWhat this means
Debian 12bookwormnot affected6.1.190-1Nothing to do. bookworm never shipped the vulnerable code.
Debian 13trixienot affected6.12.113-1Nothing to do. trixie never shipped the vulnerable code.
Debian 14forkyfixed7.0.13-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.0.13-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian unstablesidfixed7.0.13-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.0.13-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.

The vulnerability

What the bug is

Commit a60fc3294a37 ("ptp: rework ptp_clock_unregister() to disable events") added a call to ptp_disable_all_events() which changes the configuration of pins if they support EXTTS events. In ptp_ocp_detach() pins resources are freed before ptp_clock_unregister() and it leads to use-after-free during driver removal. Fix it by changing the order of free/unregister calls. To avoid irq handler running on the other core while ptp device unregistering, call synchronize_irq() after HW is configured to stop producing irqs and no irqs are in-flight.

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c

What this is
OPENCOMPUTE PTP CLOCK DRIVERMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c · netdev@vger.kernel.org · Maintained
Kernel module
ptp_ocp

Check it on the machine

grep -w CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK_OCP /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

lsmod | grep -w ptp_ocp

Prints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian builds this, but not on every flavour. At least one release below builds the code on some of its kernel flavours and not on others, so the answer depends on the architecture and flavour installed.

  • bookwormMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64, ppc64el/powerpc64le
  • trixieMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64, armel/rpi, ppc64el/powerpc64le, ppc64el/powerpc64le-64k, s390x/s390x
  • forky, sidMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64, ppc64el/powerpc64le, ppc64el/powerpc64le-64k, s390x/s390x
M
a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it
Build switch
CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK_OCP

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published
2026-06-25 (4 months ago)source
CVSS
no vector published, unrated
Attack vector
not published
EPSS
0.12%, higher than 1.6% of all CVEssource
CISA KEV
not listedthe KEV catalogue
Debian urgency
unimportantsource
Subsystem
drivers/ptp

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

IntroducedFixed inCommit
6.186.18.57daacc9d1430b
6.187.0.13aa03698bb28d
6.187.1627366c51145

Why the CNA scored it this way

The kernel CNA published no CVSS vector and no reasoning for CVE-2026-53222, which is why it is shown as unrated rather than given an invented score. 6,405 of the 20,413 CVEs here carry reasoning; this is not one of them.