CVE-2026-53156 (GCVE-0-2026-53156)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-25 08:38
Modified
2026-06-25 08:38
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmem: core: fix use-after-free bugs in error paths Fix several instances of error paths in which we call __nvmem_device_put() - which may end up freeing the underlying memory and other resources - and then keep on using the nvmem structure. Always put the reference to the nvmem device as the last step before returning the error code.
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Linux Linux Version: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd
Version: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd
Version: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd
Version: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd
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