CVE-2026-64220 PUBLISHED

device property: set fwnode->secondary to NULL in fwnode_init()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 24.07.2026 Updated: 24.07.2026

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

device property: set fwnode->secondary to NULL in fwnode_init()

If a firmware node is allocated on the stack (for instance: temporary software node whose life-time we control) or on the heap - but using a non-zeroing allocation function - and initialized using fwnode_init(), its secondary pointer will contain uninitalized memory which likely will be neither NULL nor IS_ERR() and so may end up being dereferenced (for example: in dev_to_swnode()). Set fwnode->secondary to NULL on initialization.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to f0e211d6539fae800217c10797993b7592d6ab01 (excl.)
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to 3f1024deeab3b5443c29b3de4fe475e87309b8fa (excl.)
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to 371f53925a6714d0aa35f1aefdffc3e8cd62f480 (excl.)
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to 34bf74b1fd2e4a44e27821a329204caf09df2976 (excl.)
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to 508fd8ab158abd04b7f7d0f707cd6d6c405df4ea (excl.)
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to f59e686c778cb41b8f7aa8fab2afd6a01afb3d47 (excl.)
  • affected from 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to 215c90ee656114f5e8c32408228d97082f8e0eef (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.209 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.175 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.142 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.92 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.34 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.11 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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