CVE-2026-80712

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-qpic-snand: write the feature value before executing SET_FEATURE qcom_spi_send_cmdaddr() programs NAND_FLASH_CMD/NAND_EXEC_CMD and submits the descriptors, which makes the controller execute the command immediately. For SPINAND_SET_FEATURE the value to be written is only placed into NAND_FLASH_FEATURES afterwards, by qcom_spi_io_op(), in a second submission - so the chip is programmed with whatever that register happened to hold from a previous operation, and the intended value is only applied by the *next* SET_FEATURE. Measured on a TP-Link Archer AX55 v1 (IPQ5018, ESMT F50L1G41LB): writing 0x40 to the configuration register (0xb0) leaves the chip at 0x00, and the subsequent write of 0x00 leaves it at 0x40 - every write lands one operation late. This stayed unnoticed until v6.18 added SPI-NAND OTP support together with OTP entries for ESMT chips. spinand_otp_rw() enables OTP mode, reads, and disables it again, and mtd_otp_nvmem_add() does this during MTD registration. With the off-by-one, the "disable" write actually applies the previously requested value, so CFG_OTP_ENABLE ends up set: the chip stays in OTP mode, every subsequent array read returns the OTP area instead of the array (UBI reports an empty device) and all writes fail with -EIO because the OTP area is write protected. On this board that makes the whole flash unusable and the device unbootable. Write the feature value into NAND_FLASH_FEATURES as part of the same transaction, before NAND_EXEC_CMD. While at it, copy only the bytes the operation actually carries - the previous code dereferenced a 4-byte pointer on a one-byte buffer (spinand->scratchbuf). With this patch the flash contents read back bit-identical to a known-good dump of the same board taken under the vendor firmware (md5-verified across partitions), and writes work.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.4
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 28, 2026
First seenAug 28, 2026

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  • Linux Linux581e5166f0780103dc91c0d8ebc801f9af4824b0, 3ba021079ef2ac6e21e3547328496ac42d22b56a, 8fd62901d6bf03f274a49dd0060793cc07dd51b0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux7304d1909080ef0c9da703500a97f46c98393fcd ≤ v < 581e5166f0780103dc91c0d8ebc801f9af4824b0, 7304d1909080ef0c9da703500a97f46c98393fcd ≤ v < 3ba021079ef2ac6e21e3547328496ac42d22b56a, 7304d1909080ef0c9da703500a97f46c98393fcd ≤ v < 8fd62901d6bf03f274a49dd0060793cc07dd51b0, 6.15581e5166f0780103dc91c0d8ebc801f9af4824b0, 3ba021079ef2ac6e21e3547328496ac42d22b56a, 8fd62901d6bf03f274a49dd0060793cc07dd51b0

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