CVE-2026-53156 (GCVE-0-2026-53156)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:38 – Updated: 2026-06-25 08:38
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Title
nvmem: core: fix use-after-free bugs in error paths
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmem: core: fix use-after-free bugs in error paths Fix several instances of error paths in which we call __nvmem_device_put() - which may end up freeing the underlying memory and other resources - and then keep on using the nvmem structure. Always put the reference to the nvmem device as the last step before returning the error code.
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Linux Linux Affected: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd , < e0d38bf47a72da2f02c9fa6f752cd66d977cd7f7 (git)
Affected: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd , < cb85ef5a227b3662b88f4d849a1aad43bfe7f5ae (git)
Affected: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd , < 40e2a459c0dd1333b2343831480a0ad80dc07614 (git)
Affected: e888d445ac33a5b0288d670ecd970908b13f07cd , < 5b6b6fc491899d583eaa75344e094796ae9b530b (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.20
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.20 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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