Bug 2506802 (CVE-2026-64220) - CVE-2026-64220 kernel: device property: set fwnode->secondary to NULL in fwnode_init()
Summary: CVE-2026-64220 kernel: device property: set fwnode->secondary to NULL in fwno...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64220
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-24 16:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-28 10:54 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-24 16:04:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

device property: set fwnode->secondary to NULL in fwnode_init()

If a firmware node is allocated on the stack (for instance: temporary
software node whose life-time we control) or on the heap - but using a
non-zeroing allocation function - and initialized using fwnode_init(),
its secondary pointer will contain uninitalized memory which likely will
be neither NULL nor IS_ERR() and so may end up being dereferenced (for
example: in dev_to_swnode()). Set fwnode->secondary to NULL on
initialization.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-28 10:31:48 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072416-CVE-2026-64220-bff1@gregkh/T


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