CVE-2026-89744
device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.4 High
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node()
When iterate over children of a fwnode that has a secondary fwnode, fwnode_get_next_child_node() can enter an infinite loop if the secondary fwnode has more than one child.
Parent Child (Primary fwnode) FWa: {FWa1, FWa2, FWa3} (Secondary fwnode) FWb: {FWb1, FWb2}
In this case:
┌─> fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWa1) │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWa1) returns FWa2 │ │ ... │ │ fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWa3) │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWa3) returns NULL │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWb, get_next_child_node, FWa3) returns FWb1 │ │ fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWb1) │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWb1) returns FWa1 └────┘
This cause fwnode_for_each_child_node() to loop indefinitely, reapeatedly output {FWa1, FWa2, FWa3, FWb1, FWa1, ...}.
The root cause is that when the current child (FWb1) belongs to the secondary fwnode, calling get_next_child_node() on the parimary fwnode incorrectly returns the first child (FWa1) again instead of NULL.
Fix this by dynamically checking the parent fwnode of the current child before calling get_next_child_node(). This approach follows the pattern established in commit b5b41ab6b0c1 ("device property: Check fwnode->secondary in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()").
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a8fc4a12751833ed3868095d18200a85336760
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/770c9bde93c8bb644f590743e9fbae3492a20f9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04004fa33730031392d987a9c1bbd8a0e1c4794b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ae79b5f00130aacaddb1f3eb2e5ef711fbf9e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ed517e416df89448029293304c9e180c26cd4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba69d892ff4e4a58cc12a2cae106b112db3306cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb6b223ef02cb5c9777a852ae1ecf5796987eb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1900692555826753adab8799a1a8d50bb1ee200c
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