CVE-2026-98001 PUBLISHED

hwmon: (ltc4282) Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

hwmon: (ltc4282) Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized

The clk_init_data structure contains several mutually-exclusive members for different methods to specify the possible parents of a clock, prompting drivers to initialize only the members they need. However, not initializing all members may cause subtle issues, which are only exposed when CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN or CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE is enabled.

ltc428_clk_provider_setup() does not fill in any parent clocks, and assumes that init.num_parents is NULL. However, the latter in uninitialized, and thus may cause a crash.

Make sure all members are fully initialized, to fix such bugs, and to avoid future breakage when converting drivers to a different method for specifying the parents.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from cbc29538dbf7d7400f1ffc5dd5713e6a551463a0 to c4a96da5a3f132d80aa971ddbeb86808539ba0e6 (excl.)
  • affected from cbc29538dbf7d7400f1ffc5dd5713e6a551463a0 to 80b46a3d066d4e2c1dd4edb90d4aa3f22ca79f39 (excl.)
  • affected from cbc29538dbf7d7400f1ffc5dd5713e6a551463a0 to aa08ce1ffaf36c7bdd3edd0ad65f72413639bfad (excl.)
  • affected from cbc29538dbf7d7400f1ffc5dd5713e6a551463a0 to e317326d1755ea054b98e7a4833b929157461c35 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.9 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.9 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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