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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42546

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.3.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a resource leak exists in OP-TEE’s shared memory cleanup logic because the function `cleanup_shm_refs()` in `core/tee/entry_std.c` fails to apply a required bitmask (`OPTEE_MSG_ATTR_TYPE_MASK`) to parameter attributes. When processing non-contiguous memory parameters from a normal-world caller, the system fails to match the attribute type in its internal switch statement and skips the necessary mobj_put() call. This results in a persistent reference leak of `mobj_reg_shm` objects, which remain on internal lists with dangling refcounts. This affects non-FF-A configurations that support non-contiguous, non-secure shared memory. Over time, these accumulated leaks progressively consume the secure-world heap, degrading the system's ability to service trusted application operations and eventually requiring a reboot to recover. Version 4.11.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42546

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Security context

Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42546

optee-os

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Affected versions
4.10.0-1

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4.10.0-2

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4.5.0-2

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4.7.0-1

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4.8.0-1

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4.9.0-1

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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

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    "ranges": [
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        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "optee-os",
      "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/optee-os?arch=source&distro=trixie",
      "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
    },
    "versions": [
      "4.10.0-1",
      "4.10.0-2",
      "4.5.0-2",
      "4.7.0-1",
      "4.8.0-1",
      "4.9.0-1"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42546.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "urgency": "not yet assigned"
    }
  }
]

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