CVE-2026-98825: rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066, 7f59e824a4403e156cf930fe556b75139452099e, 8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066, 7f59e824a4403e156cf930fe556b75139452099e, 8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe() devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rtcref")'s return value was passed straight into clk_get_rate() without checking it for an error first, unlike the "rtc" clock a few lines above which is correctly checked with IS_ERR(). clk_get_rate() only guards against a NULL clk, not an error pointer: if (!clk) return 0; ... rate = clk_core_get_rate_recalc(clk->core); so if devm_clk_get() ever returns an error pointer here (for example ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER), which is the normal, expected outcome if the clkcfg clock-provider this RTC depends on has not registered its clocks yet by the time this driver probes), clk_get_rate() dereferences that error pointer instead of returning 0, crashing instead of letting probe defer. Capture the clock in the existing 'clk' local and check it with IS_ERR() before calling clk_get_rate(), matching the handling already used for the "rtc" clock in this same function.
- Published
- Oct 18, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 10th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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Linux Linux
- 6.0affected
- 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427 and later · before 7f59e824a4403e156cf930fe556b75139452099eaffected · git
- 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427 and later · before ab741d1b714b4acc605f3d14cdc4120f87341ed1affected · git
- 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427 and later · before 74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066affected · git
- 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427 and later · before cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccfaffected · git
- 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427 and later · before 8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2affected · git
- 0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427 and later · before ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58affected · git
- before 6.0not affected · semver
- 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not 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 | from 0 | — |
| Debian:12 | linux-6.12 | before 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.113-1 | 6.12.113-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.10-1 | 7.2.10-1 |
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Remediation
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 7f59e824a4403e156cf930fe556b75139452099e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ab741d1b714b4acc605f3d14cdc4120f87341ed1 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccf | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.113-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux-6.12 | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 12, 2026+25 d
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Variant candidates
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No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
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Change log
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- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f59e824a4403e156cf930fe556b75139452099e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab741d1b714b4acc605f3d14cdc4120f87341ed1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccf
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