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

clk: eswin: Zero-initialize stack-allocated clk_init_data

eswin_clk_register_pll() and eswin_register_clkdiv() declare a struct
clk_init_data on the stack and only initialize some of its fields
(parent_data respectively parent_hws). clk_core_populate_parent_map()
checks parent_names first and parent_data second before falling back
to parent_hws, so leftover stack garbage in the uninitialized fields
hijacks parent resolution and the clk core dereferences a bogus
pointer:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000000000000c
Oops [#1]
epc : __clk_register+0x31a/0x7f0
[<ffffffff805dc774>] __clk_register+0x31a/0x7f0
[<ffffffff805dcd76>] devm_clk_hw_register+0x2a/0x94
[<ffffffff805e319a>] eswin_register_clkdiv+0x80/0xd0
[<ffffffff805e34a0>] eswin_clk_register_clks+0x162/0x1a0
[<ffffffff805e3736>] eic7700_clk_probe+0x146/0x180
[<ffffffff8065d23c>] platform_probe+0x3c/0x7a

Observed on EIC7700 hardware (with the driver backported to a 6.17
tree); whether the bug triggers depends entirely on what the stack
happens to contain when the registration helpers run.

Zero-initialize both structures.
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: eswin: Zero-initialize stack-allocated clk_init_data eswin_clk_register_pll() and eswin_register_clkdiv() declare a struct clk_init_data on the stack and only initialize some of its fields (parent_data respectively parent_hws). clk_core_populate_parent_map() checks parent_names first and parent_data second before falling back to parent_hws, so leftover stack garbage in the uninitialized fields hijacks parent resolution and the clk core dereferences a bogus pointer: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000000000000c Oops [#1] epc : __clk_register+0x31a/0x7f0 [<ffffffff805dc774>] __clk_register+0x31a/0x7f0 [<ffffffff805dcd76>] devm_clk_hw_register+0x2a/0x94 [<ffffffff805e319a>] eswin_register_clkdiv+0x80/0xd0 [<ffffffff805e34a0>] eswin_clk_register_clks+0x162/0x1a0 [<ffffffff805e3736>] eic7700_clk_probe+0x146/0x180 [<ffffffff8065d23c>] platform_probe+0x3c/0x7a Observed on EIC7700 hardware (with the driver backported to a 6.17 tree); whether the bug triggers depends entirely on what the stack happens to contain when the registration helpers run. Zero-initialize both structures.
Title clk: eswin: Zero-initialize stack-allocated clk_init_data
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-24T15:52:02.877Z

Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.097Z

Link: CVE-2026-93263

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T16:17:23.067

Modified: 2026-09-24T16:17:23.067

Link: CVE-2026-93263

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