Bug 2536165 (CVE-2026-90422)

Summary: CVE-2026-90422 kernel: clk: mediatek: pllfh: Fix IO remapping leak in register_pllfhs error path
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When the `mtk_clk_register_pllfhs` function, part of the MediaTek Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) clock driver, fails to register a PLL, it does not properly free the input/output (IO) memory mapped on the `fhctl` node. This oversight leads to a memory leak. Over time, repeated failures could exhaust system memory, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for affected systems.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 16:41:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clk: mediatek: pllfh: Fix IO remapping leak in register_pllfhs error path

When mtk_clk_register_pllfhs function fails to register a PLL, it
unregisters all PLLs and cleans up itself in its error path before
returning, so the function callers don't need to do it.

But contrary to mtk_clk_unregister_pllfhs function, that does almost
the same sequence, it does not free the IO memory mapped on fhctl node,
leading to a leak.

Fix this leak by factorizing the cleanup sequence in a new private
function and use it both mtk_clk_register_pllfhs and
mtk_clk_unregister_pllfhs functions.

Also, change the loop index start value to avoid the -1 operation on
index at each loop.