Bug 2536395 (CVE-2026-90122)

Summary:	CVE-2026-90122 kernel: clk: visconti: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	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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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Visconti clock driver. The `clk_init_data` structure, which manages clock parent data, may not be fully initialized. This uninitialized data can lead to a system crash when the `visconti_clk_register_gate()` function is called under specific kernel configurations. This vulnerability could result in a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:42:53 UTC

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

clk: visconti: 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.

visconti_clk_register_gate() fills in init.parent_data, and assumes that
init.parent_names 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.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-09-23 13:31:04 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-90122.mbox