# CVE-2026-53332: slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: Register callbacks after creating the ngd

> A race condition in the Qualcomm NGD controller driver causes a kernel crash when callbacks access uninitialized data during parallel initialization.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-53332, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53332, GHSA-4447-2m4q-w32j, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-53332, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-53332, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-53332, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-53332, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53332

## What is CVE-2026-53332?

CVE-2026-53332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

slimbus: qcom-ngd-ctrl: Register callbacks after creating the ngd

When the remoteproc starts in parallel with the NGD driver being probed,
or the remoteproc is already up when the PDR lookup is being registered,
or in the theoretical event that we get an interrupt from the hardware,
these callbacks will operate on uninitialized data. This result in
issues to boot the affected boards.

One such example can be seen in the following fault, where
qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify() schedules work on the NULL ngd_up_work.

[   21.858578] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   21.858745] WARNING: kernel/workqueue.c:2338 at __queue_work+0x5e0/0x790, CPU#2: kworker/2:2/116
...
[   21.859251] Call trace:
[   21.859255]  __queue_work+0x5e0/0x790 (P)
[   21.859265]  queue_work_on+0x6c/0xf0
[   21.859273]  qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_pdr_notify+0x110/0x150 [slim_qcom_ngd_ctrl]
[   21.859304]  qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_notify+0x24/0x40 [slim_qcom_ngd_ctrl]
[   21.859318]  notifier_call_chain+0xa4/0x230
[   21.859329]  srcu_notifier_call_chain+0x64/0xb8
[   21.859338]  ssr_notify_start+0x40/0x78 [qcom_common]
[   21.859355]  rproc_start+0x130/0x230
[   21.859367]  rproc_boot+0x3d4/0x518
...

Move the enablement of interrupts, and the registration of SSR and PDR
until after the NGD device has been registered.

This could be further refined by moving initialization to the control
driver probe and by removing the platform driver model from the picture.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53332?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-53332?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-53332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-53332 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-53332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53332/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53332/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53332
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53332
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53332

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