CVE-2026-53156

Published: June 27, 2026Last modified: June 27, 2026

Description

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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References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e2a459c0dd1333b2343831480a0ad80dc07614
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b6b6fc491899d583eaa75344e094796ae9b530b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb85ef5a227b3662b88f4d849a1aad43bfe7f5ae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d38bf47a72da2f02c9fa6f752cd66d977cd7f7