CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-45989
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.6 < 6.6.140)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.86)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.27)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07fd339b2c253205794bea5d9b4b7548a4546c56 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ba03e06f037df704d9b032e36d417633e2326bc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b6122a67a295f8a08b7c18d908a1bd974dfaec8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b2023286d2c6ed3bf964fb92e34c9c14d42eb69 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d68347b07b9801791c9eaab8f772770b52b8cd5c Patch