Bug 2562712 (CVE-2026-99161) - CVE-2026-99161 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via clock resource leak in wmt_i2c_probe
Summary: CVE-2026-99161 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via clock resource leak in w...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99161
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-28 10:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-01 15:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 10:55:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: viai2c-wmt: Fix clock leak in wmt_i2c_probe()

In wmt_i2c_probe(), i2c->clk is acquired using of_clk_get(). If any
subsequent operation fails or when the module is unloaded, the clock
reference count is never decremented via clk_put(), leading to a
resource leak.

Switch to devm_clk_get() so that the clock is automatically managed
and released.


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