UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-80622
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: char: tlclk: fix use-after-free in tlclk_cleanup() This patch improves the module cleanup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
char: tlclk: fix use-after-free in tlclk_cleanup()
This patch improves the module cleanup process in the tlclk driver to
prevent potential use-after-free and race conditions.
Currently, the file_operations structure does not specify the .owner
field, which could allow the module to be unloaded while user-space
processes are still interacting with the device. Additionally, the
tlclk_cleanup() function frees the alarm_events memory before ensuring
that blocked processes in the waitqueue are fully awakened and that the
switchover_timer has completed.
To address these cases, this patch:
- Sets '.owner = THIS_MODULE' in tlclk_fops to safely defer module
unloading while the device is in use.
- Updates tlclk_cleanup() to explicitly wake up all blocked readers
(wake_up_all), properly release hardware I/O regions, and safely
delete the timer (timer_delete_sync) prior to freeing memory.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d8d2a46a9ec9ff728f3159a174a2ab25dd0f0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/166dd1d5265e067459e674c11688919901813ec2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5e4cc0d9dce79b0429da3134ac7b072ab9009f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42223445607a9a5df3cb1c4729abfe3a5085e7ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764723bd67a6c8f53a8d8309211fb039e2ebcf49
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-28 via NVD.
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