CVE-2026-90126

rtc: pcf8563: fix clock provider leak on unbind

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

Read the record on cve.org

Description

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

rtc: pcf8563: fix clock provider leak on unbind

pcf8563_clkout_register_clk() registers the CLKOUT clock provider with of_clk_add_provider(), but nothing ever unwinds it: there is no of_clk_del_provider() call and the driver has no remove callback. Each of_clk_add_provider() allocates a struct of_clk_provider, takes a reference on the OF node and adds an entry to the global of_clk_providers list, none of which is released when the device is unbound. Every bind/unbind (or module reload) therefore leaks a provider structure and an of_node reference.

The clock itself is already device-managed (devm_clk_register()); only the provider registration was not. Use devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider() so the provider is removed automatically on unbind. Tie it to the parent i2c device, whose OF node carries the #clock-cells and clock-output-names properties (the RTC class device has no OF node of its own).

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 2b5622cf4ee218b6f98d31dbf3fbd44b9b6bd675Affected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 36cb00c33bd83e7ce31b5a9f1f7c70db0cb7776cAffected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 30b7c63af50fe1464e7582a37de1ca4bd030ecc1Affected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 7afb8db47c4f107bce89cfe5115fb31ba7c94665Affected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 97edf3fd9a46ea89a167966991c0449cfa07b36fAffected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 08a59c28c2bdbcd655e99526c86a41dc83834283Affected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 6218c0533a72235ec9c5f41b812c63d963bd4a3eAffected
  • a39a6405d5f949bc651694028a55d74c514ef1f9 to before 9c48a53685040bb0de45a640b34055cbbfc69d4fAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.4Affected
  • before 4.4Not affected
  • 5.10.270 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.221 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.188 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.157 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.110 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.52 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.6 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.