clk: eswin: Zero-initialize stack-allocated clk_init_data

Summary

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.

Timeline

1. Sep 24, 2026, 3:52 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 19, 2026, 9:08 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From cd44f127c1d42833a32ba0a0965255ee6184f8c1 · fixed in 1183dc2450a268a536a15da8b106ec520cdbd19f; From cd44f127c1d42833a32ba0a0965255ee6184f8c1 · fixed in 011d8de504bc84402aabc1dda1cf0552fe9a5af2

• Linux Linux

  7.1

• KernelLinux

  From 7.1.0 · fixed in 7.2.6

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