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CVE-2026-93263

Linux: clk: eswin: Zero-initialize stack-allocated clk_init_data

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.18%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in1183dc2450a268a536a15da8b106ec520cdbd19fAlso 011d8de504bc84402aabc1dda1cf0552fe9a5af2CVE List
Published24 Sep 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 1183dc2450a268a536a15da8b106ec520cdbd19fLinuxCVE List
  • 011d8de504bc84402aabc1dda1cf0552fe9a5af2LinuxCVE List

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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.

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Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: cd44f127c1d42833a32ba0a0965255ee6184f8c1 before 1183dc2450a268a536a15da8b106ec520cdbd19fCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: cd44f127c1d42833a32ba0a0965255ee6184f8c1 before 011d8de504bc84402aabc1dda1cf0552fe9a5af2CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.6 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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