backlight: led-bl: Add devlink to supplier LEDs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: backlight: led-bl: Add devlink to supplier LEDs LED Backlight is a consumer of one or multiple LED class devices, but devlink is currently unable to create correct supplier-producer links when the supplier is a class device. It creates instead a link where the supplier is the parent of the expected device. One consequence is that removal order is not correctly enforced. Issues happen for example with the following sections in a device tree overlay: // An LED driver chip pca9632@62 { compatible = "nxp,pca9632"; reg = <0x62>; // ... addon_led_pwm: led-pwm@3 { reg = <3>; label = "addon:led:pwm"; }; }; backlight-addon { compatible = "led-backlight"; leds = <&addon_led_pwm>; brightness-levels = <255>; default-brightness-level = <255>; }; In this example, the devlink should be created between the backlight-addon (consumer) and the pca9632@62 (supplier). Instead it is created between the backlight-addon (consumer) and the parent of the pca9632@62, which is typically the I2C bus adapter. On removal of the above overlay, the LED driver can be removed before the backlight device, resulting in: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 ... Call trace: led_put+0xe0/0x140 devm_led_release+0x6c/0x98 Another way to reproduce the bug without any device tree overlays is unbinding the LED class device (pca9632@62) before unbinding the consumer (backlight-addon): echo 11-0062 >/sys/bus/i2c/drivers/leds-pca963x/unbind echo ...backlight-dock >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/led-backlight/unbind Fix by adding a devlink between the consuming led-backlight device and the supplying LED device, as other drivers and subsystems do as well.
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- Jan 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 8th percentile
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- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
Affected systems
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.6affected
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before 64739adf3eef063b8e2c72b7e919eac8c6480bf0affected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before cd01a24b3e52d6777b49c917d841f125fe9eebd0affected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before e06df738a9ad8417f1c4c7cd6992cda320e9e7caaffected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before 30cbe4b642745a9488a0f0d78be43afe69d7555caffected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before 0e63ea4378489e09eb5e920c8a50c10caacf563aaffected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before 60a24070392ec726ccfe6ad1ca7b0381c8d8f7c9affected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before 08c9dc6b0f2c68e5e7c374ac4499e321e435d46caffected · git
- ae232e45acf9621f2c96b41ca3af006ac7552c33 and later · before 9341d6698f4cfdfc374fb6944158d111ebe16a9daffected · git
- before 5.6not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.162-1 | 6.1.162-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.63-1 | 6.12.63-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 6.17.13-1 | 6.17.13-1 |
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 08c9dc6b0f2c68e5e7c374ac4499e321e435d46c | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 0e63ea4378489e09eb5e920c8a50c10caacf563a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 30cbe4b642745a9488a0f0d78be43afe69d7555c | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 60a24070392ec726ccfe6ad1ca7b0381c8d8f7c9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 64739adf3eef063b8e2c72b7e919eac8c6480bf0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 9341d6698f4cfdfc374fb6944158d111ebe16a9d | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | cd01a24b3e52d6777b49c917d841f125fe9eebd0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | e06df738a9ad8417f1c4c7cd6992cda320e9e7ca | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.162-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/08c9dc6b0f2c68e5e7c374ac4499e321e435d46c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e63ea4378489e09eb5e920c8a50c10caacf563a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/30cbe4b642745a9488a0f0d78be43afe69d7555c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a24070392ec726ccfe6ad1ca7b0381c8d8f7c9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64739adf3eef063b8e2c72b7e919eac8c6480bf0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9341d6698f4cfdfc374fb6944158d111ebe16a9d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd01a24b3e52d6777b49c917d841f125fe9eebd0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06df738a9ad8417f1c4c7cd6992cda320e9e7ca
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