{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98825",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.372Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:49:17.605Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:57:15.919Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:57:15.919Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe()\n\ndevm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, \"rtcref\")'s return value was passed straight\ninto clk_get_rate() without checking it for an error first, unlike the\n\"rtc\" clock a few lines above which is correctly checked with\nIS_ERR(). clk_get_rate() only guards against a NULL clk, not an error\npointer:\n\n\tif (!clk)\n\t\treturn 0;\n\t...\n\trate = clk_core_get_rate_recalc(clk->core);\n\nso if devm_clk_get() ever returns an error pointer here (for example\nERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER), which is the normal, expected outcome if the\nclkcfg clock-provider this RTC depends on has not registered its\nclocks yet by the time this driver probes), clk_get_rate() dereferences\nthat error pointer instead of returning 0, crashing instead of letting\nprobe defer.\n\nCapture the clock in the existing 'clk' local and check it with\nIS_ERR() before calling clk_get_rate(), matching the handling already\nused for the \"rtc\" clock in this same function."
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427",
                            "lessThan": "ab741d1b714b4acc605f3d14cdc4120f87341ed1",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427",
                            "lessThan": "74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427",
                            "lessThan": "cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccf",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427",
                            "lessThan": "8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427",
                            "lessThan": "ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "6.0",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "6.0",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.6.160",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.12.113",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.56",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.2.10",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.3",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "cpeApplicability": [
                {
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.0",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.0",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.113"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.0",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.56"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.0",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.10"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.0",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab741d1b714b4acc605f3d14cdc4120f87341ed1"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccf"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58"
                }
            ],
            "title": "rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe()",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
            }
        }
    }
}