{"id":"CVE-2026-98412","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"power: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_unit_new()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_unit_new()\n\nIf memory allocation fails in pwrseq_unit_setup_deps(), pwrseq_unit_put()\nis called to release the partially initialized unit. However, we've\nnever initialized unit->list and pwrseq_unit_release() will\nunconditionally call list_del() on it. 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