CVE-2026-45989 PUBLISHED

of: unittest: fix use-after-free in testdrv_probe()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

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

of: unittest: fix use-after-free in testdrv_probe()

The function testdrv_probe() retrieves the device_node from the PCI device, applies an overlay, and then immediately calls of_node_put(dn). This releases the reference held by the PCI core, potentially freeing the node if the reference count drops to zero. Later, the same freed pointer 'dn' is passed to of_platform_default_populate(), leading to a use-after-free.

The reference to pdev->dev.of_node is owned by the device model and should not be released by the driver. Remove the erroneous of_node_put() to prevent premature freeing.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 26409dd045892904b059dc411403e9c8ce7543ca to 0ba03e06f037df704d9b032e36d417633e2326bc (excl.)
  • affected from 26409dd045892904b059dc411403e9c8ce7543ca to d68347b07b9801791c9eaab8f772770b52b8cd5c (excl.)
  • affected from 26409dd045892904b059dc411403e9c8ce7543ca to 5b6122a67a295f8a08b7c18d908a1bd974dfaec8 (excl.)
  • affected from 26409dd045892904b059dc411403e9c8ce7543ca to 6b2023286d2c6ed3bf964fb92e34c9c14d42eb69 (excl.)
  • affected from 26409dd045892904b059dc411403e9c8ce7543ca to 07fd339b2c253205794bea5d9b4b7548a4546c56 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.6 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.6 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.140 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.86 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.27 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.4 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1-rc1 to * (incl.)

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