{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0b31d703598dc1993867597bbd45e87d824fc427"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccf"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.113"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.56"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98825.json"
  },
  "details": "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(\u0026pdev-\u003edev, \"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-\u003ecore);\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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98825",
  "modified": "2026-10-20T02:30:52.258048780Z",
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:49:17.605Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74dc7c52946e3d47c40edd0875adb7cc15937066"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a03f8422fa08eed335c51bccb612a3d81739ff2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac41b05d15db3134e839148290d67415ee0bdb58"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd70c9b19846c524f2b6195a7484bdf22071ccf"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98825.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98825"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe()"
}