CVE-2026-98825 (GCVE-0-2026-98825)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 15:49
Modified
2026-10-30 12:40
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe() devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rtcref")'s return value was passed straight into clk_get_rate() without checking it for an error first, unlike the "rtc" clock a few lines above which is correctly checked with IS_ERR(). clk_get_rate() only guards against a NULL clk, not an error pointer: if (!clk) return 0; ... rate = clk_core_get_rate_recalc(clk->core); so if devm_clk_get() ever returns an error pointer here (for example ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER), which is the normal, expected outcome if the clkcfg clock-provider this RTC depends on has not registered its clocks yet by the time this driver probes), clk_get_rate() dereferences that error pointer instead of returning 0, crashing instead of letting probe defer. Capture the clock in the existing 'clk' local and check it with IS_ERR() before calling clk_get_rate(), matching the handling already used for the "rtc" clock in this same function.
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Linux Linux Version: 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427
Version: 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427
Version: 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427
Version: 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427
Version: 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427
Version: 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427
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