Answer in brief
CVE-2026-99024 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in optee: register TEE devices only once fully initialized. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 <262062c01f5a817104c88bf6eacb7c6ffdc7018d || >=4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 <8cae1605be8a047ae3a62df07b9474d61462c4f6 || >=4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 <681adbc9c7a820279582a295e183fa6a1d1b4ec4 || >=4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 <2f7240f0a6fd83df274fc0a2abf0609b4e6bd388 || >=4fb0a5eb364d239722e745c02aef0dbd4e0f1ad2 <c108feca0a096f8db25d1b69130035025e9e936d | 262062c01f5a817104c88bf6eacb7c6ffdc7018d, 8cae1605be8a047ae3a62df07b9474d61462c4f6, 681adbc9c7a820279582a295e183fa6a1d1b4ec4, 2f7240f0a6fd83df274fc0a2abf0609b4e6bd388, c108feca0a096f8db25d1b69130035025e9e936d |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 23, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 23, 2026
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]
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