Bug 2555003 (CVE-2026-98535)

Summary: CVE-2026-98535 kernel: fsl/fman: Fix clk reference leak in read_dts_node()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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's Freescale Frame Manager (fman) network driver. During device initialization, the driver retrieves a system clock resource to check its frequency but fails to release the reference count after reading the value. This omission results in a resource leak, preventing the clock object from being properly freed and potentially causing resource exhaustion.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:38:35 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fsl/fman: Fix clk reference leak in read_dts_node()

of_clk_get() returns a clock with its reference count incremented, but
read_dts_node() only uses it to read the rate and never calls clk_put().
The clock is not stored anywhere, so the reference cannot be released
later either.

Release the clock once its rate has been read, which also covers the
error path taken when the rate is zero.