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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-68461

device property: initialize the remaining fields of fwnode_handle in fwnode_init()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: device property: initialize the remaining fields of fwnode_handle 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 uninitialized 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. While at it: initialize the remaining fields of struct fwnode_handle too just to be sure. [ Fix typo in commit message. - Danilo ]

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < 0198d579948322cda5178b9672d448375a32f947affected
  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < 173b61c9276c7b3a5fbcc63ae7aafc897fee1e18affected
  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < f0b4e1cc8ad76baf49d898727eb52e91a4ef0544affected
  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < c8542b68ba6ef4f61072098893a3f5b71c569b6caffected
  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < 9c86a1f930bb2ddb85f867b4736716e82a4a4683affected
  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < c81e2af41de6a159837c7129a4fc444ac6e48046affected
  • 01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to < 7eba000621fff223dd7bab484d48918c7c77a307affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.11affected
  • 0 to < 5.11unaffected
  • 5.15.212 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.178 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.96 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.39 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References