Bug 2541178 (CVE-2026-98001) - CVE-2026-98001 kernel: hwmon: (ltc4282) Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
Summary: CVE-2026-98001 kernel: hwmon: (ltc4282) Make sure clk_init_data is fully init...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98001
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 18:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:55:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (ltc4282) 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.

ltc428_clk_provider_setup() does not fill in any parent clocks, and
assumes that init.num_parents 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.


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