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CVE-2026-98826

Опубликовано: 18 окт. 2026
Источник: redhat
CVSS3: 4.7
EPSS Низкий

Описание

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: ac100: Fix clock provider use-after-free on probe failure ac100_rtc_register_clks() registers the RTC-32k clock with clk_hw_register_fixed_rate() and the clock provider with of_clk_add_hw_provider(). Neither is device managed, and both are released only from ac100_rtc_remove(). The driver core does not call remove() when probe() fails: really_probe() reaches probe_failed below the device_remove() call and goes straight to releasing the device's managed resources. ac100_rtc_probe() ends with return devm_rtc_register_device(chip->rtc); so if that fails after the clocks have been registered, the provider is left on the global of_clk_providers list holding chip->clk_data, which was allocated with devm_kzalloc() and is freed while probe() unwinds. A later lookup on this device tree node then reads freed memory in of_clk_hw_onecell_get(). Consumers that do exactly that exist in tree: the wifi power sequence nodes on sun8i-a83t-bananapi-m3 and sun8i-a83t-cubietruck-plus take <&ac100_rtc 1>, and the sun9i-a80 boards route osc32k through <&ac100_rtc 0>. The window is narrow, as devm_rtc_register_device() can only fail with -ENOMEM here, but the provider is left dangling whenever it does. The RTC-32k clock is leaked on the same path. Since clk_core_lookup() searches a global list that is not scoped per device, __clk_register() rejects the duplicate name with -EEXIST, so the leak also makes a later probe of the same device fail. The error path that returns -EINVAL when the ADDA 4M parent clock cannot be found leaks the RTC-32k clock in the same way. No provider has been registered at that point, so that one is a leak rather than a use-after-free. Register both with devm_clk_hw_register_fixed_rate() and devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider() so that they are released whenever the device goes away, on a failed probe as well as on unbind. Devres releases in reverse order of acquisition, so the provider is removed before chip->clk_data is freed, and the clkout children are now unregistered before their parent rather than after it. ac100_rtc_unregister_clks() and the remove callback then have nothing left to do and are removed.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AC100 Real-Time Clock (RTC) driver. If device initialization fails during driver probing, unmanaged clock provider references remain registered in global system lists while their underlying memory is released. Subsequent lookups referencing the affected device can access this freed memory, triggering a use-after-free condition that can lead to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

Отчет

The AC100 RTC probe failure path can leave an OF clock provider registered after its device managed chip clk_data object has been freed. A later clock lookup for the same device tree node passes the dangling object to of_clk_hw_onecell_get, which reads freed num and hws fields and can return a stale clk_hw pointer to a consumer. The demonstrated primitive is a use-after-free read with a likely kernel crash or device initialization failure. A more serious consequence cannot be excluded because the freed object contains pointers that may be used by the clock subsystem after memory reuse. For the CVSS the PR:L value is used for the paranoid score because a local user may contribute to the required memory pressure without controlling the device directly, although reliable triggering normally requires an ENOMEM failure during probe and a later clock lookup. AC:H reflects this narrow timing and state requirement. The issue is not network reachable and affects systems with the AC100 RTC and a matching device tree clock consumer. Impact is at least local denial of service and the stale pointer path may allow confidentiality or integrity impact if the freed allocation is reused in a controllable way.

Меры по смягчению последствий

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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Дополнительная информация

Статус:

Moderate
Дефект:
CWE-416
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555253kernel: kernel: Denial of service via use-after-free in the AC100 RTC driver

EPSS

Процентиль: 10%
0.002
Низкий

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Связанные уязвимости

ubuntu
22 дня назад

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: ac100: Fix clock provider use-after-free on probe failure ac100_rtc_register_clks() registers the RTC-32k clock with clk_hw_register_fixed_rate() and the clock provider with of_clk_add_hw_provider(). Neither is device managed, and both are released only from ac100_rtc_remove(). The driver core does not call remove() when probe() fails: really_probe() reaches probe_failed below the device_remove() call and goes straight to releasing the device's managed resources. ac100_rtc_probe() ends with return devm_rtc_register_device(chip->rtc); so if that fails after the clocks have been registered, the provider is left on the global of_clk_providers list holding chip->clk_data, which was allocated with devm_kzalloc() and is freed while probe() unwinds. A later lookup on this device tree node then reads freed memory in of_clk_hw_onecell_get(). Consumers that do exactly that exist in tree: the wifi power sequence nodes on ...

nvd
22 дня назад

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: ac100: Fix clock provider use-after-free on probe failure ac100_rtc_register_clks() registers the RTC-32k clock with clk_hw_register_fixed_rate() and the clock provider with of_clk_add_hw_provider(). Neither is device managed, and both are released only from ac100_rtc_remove(). The driver core does not call remove() when probe() fails: really_probe() reaches probe_failed below the device_remove() call and goes straight to releasing the device's managed resources. ac100_rtc_probe() ends with return devm_rtc_register_device(chip->rtc); so if that fails after the clocks have been registered, the provider is left on the global of_clk_providers list holding chip->clk_data, which was allocated with devm_kzalloc() and is freed while probe() unwinds. A later lookup on this device tree node then reads freed memory in of_clk_hw_onecell_get(). Consumers that do exactly that exist in tree: the wifi power sequence nodes

CVSS3: 6.4
msrc
21 день назад

rtc: ac100: Fix clock provider use-after-free on probe failure

debian
22 дня назад

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

github
22 дня назад

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: ac100: Fix clock provider use-after-free on probe failure ac100_rtc_register_clks() registers the RTC-32k clock with clk_hw_register_fixed_rate() and the clock provider with of_clk_add_hw_provider(). Neither is device managed, and both are released only from ac100_rtc_remove(). The driver core does not call remove() when probe() fails: really_probe() reaches probe_failed below the device_remove() call and goes straight to releasing the device's managed resources. ac100_rtc_probe() ends with return devm_rtc_register_device(chip->rtc); so if that fails after the clocks have been registered, the provider is left on the global of_clk_providers list holding chip->clk_data, which was allocated with devm_kzalloc() and is freed while probe() unwinds. A later lookup on this device tree node then reads freed memory in of_clk_hw_onecell_get(). Consumers that do exactly that exist in tree: the wifi power sequence nod...

EPSS

Процентиль: 10%
0.002
Низкий

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

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