AZL-109254

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Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-109254.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-109254
Upstream
Published
2026-10-18T16:17:36Z
Modified
2026-10-19T14:16:31Z
Summary
CVE-2026-98825 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
Details

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

rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe()

devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rtcref")'s return value was passed straight into clk_get_rate() without checking it for an error first, unlike the "rtc" clock a few lines above which is correctly checked with IS_ERR(). clk_get_rate() only guards against a NULL clk, not an error pointer:

if (!clk)
	return 0;
...
rate = clk_core_get_rate_recalc(clk->core);

so if devm_clk_get() ever returns an error pointer here (for example ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER), which is the normal, expected outcome if the clkcfg clock-provider this RTC depends on has not registered its clocks yet by the time this driver probes), clk_get_rate() dereferences that error pointer instead of returning 0, crashing instead of letting probe defer.

Capture the clock in the existing 'clk' local and check it with IS_ERR() before calling clk_get_rate(), matching the handling already used for the "rtc" clock in this same function.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
6.6.157.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-109254.json"