PT-2026-52252 · Linux · Linux

Published 2026-06-25 · Updated 2026-06-25 · CVE-2026-53156

NVD

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.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-53156

Affected Products

Linux

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53156 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e2a459c0dd1333b2343831480a0ad80dc07614 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb85ef5a227b3662b88f4d849a1aad43bfe7f5ae · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b6b6fc491899d583eaa75344e094796ae9b530b · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d38bf47a72da2f02c9fa6f752cd66d977cd7f7 · Note