In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: macb: fix clk handling on PCI glue driver removal

platform_device_unregister() may still want to use the registered clks
during runtime resume callback.

Note that there is a commit d82d5303c4c5 ("net: macb: fix use after free
on rmmod") that addressed the similar problem of clk vs platform device
unregistration but just moved the bug to another place.

Save the pointers to clks into local variables for reuse after platform
device is unregistered.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in clk_prepare+0x5a/0x60
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888104f85e00 by task modprobe/597

CPU: 2 PID: 597 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.164+ #114
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.1-0-g3208b098f51a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xba
print_report+0x17f/0x496
kasan_report+0xd9/0x180
clk_prepare+0x5a/0x60
macb_runtime_resume+0x13d/0x410 [macb]
pm_generic_runtime_resume+0x97/0xd0
__rpm_callback+0xc8/0x4d0
rpm_callback+0xf6/0x230
rpm_resume+0xeeb/0x1a70
__pm_runtime_resume+0xb4/0x170
bus_remove_device+0x2e3/0x4b0
device_del+0x5b3/0xdc0
platform_device_del+0x4e/0x280
platform_device_unregister+0x11/0x50
pci_device_remove+0xae/0x210
device_remove+0xcb/0x180
device_release_driver_internal+0x529/0x770
driver_detach+0xd4/0x1a0
bus_remove_driver+0x135/0x260
driver_unregister+0x72/0xb0
pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x220
__do_sys_delete_module+0x32e/0x550
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
</TASK>

Allocated by task 519:
kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x50
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x8e/0x90
__clk_register+0x458/0x2890
clk_hw_register+0x1a/0x60
__clk_hw_register_fixed_rate+0x255/0x410
clk_register_fixed_rate+0x3c/0xa0
macb_probe+0x1d8/0x42e [macb_pci]
local_pci_probe+0xd7/0x190
pci_device_probe+0x252/0x600
really_probe+0x255/0x7f0
__driver_probe_device+0x1ee/0x330
driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1f0
__driver_attach+0x1df/0x4e0
bus_for_each_dev+0x15d/0x1f0
bus_add_driver+0x486/0x5e0
driver_register+0x23a/0x3d0
do_one_initcall+0xfd/0x4d0
do_init_module+0x18b/0x5a0
load_module+0x5663/0x7950
__do_sys_finit_module+0x101/0x180
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8

Freed by task 597:
kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x50
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x50
__kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x180
__kmem_cache_free+0xbc/0x320
clk_unregister+0x6de/0x8d0
macb_remove+0x73/0xc0 [macb_pci]
pci_device_remove+0xae/0x210
device_remove+0xcb/0x180
device_release_driver_internal+0x529/0x770
driver_detach+0xd4/0x1a0
bus_remove_driver+0x135/0x260
driver_unregister+0x72/0xb0
pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x220
__do_sys_delete_module+0x32e/0x550
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: fix clk handling on PCI glue driver removal platform_device_unregister() may still want to use the registered clks during runtime resume callback. Note that there is a commit d82d5303c4c5 ("net: macb: fix use after free on rmmod") that addressed the similar problem of clk vs platform device unregistration but just moved the bug to another place. Save the pointers to clks into local variables for reuse after platform device is unregistered. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in clk_prepare+0x5a/0x60 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888104f85e00 by task modprobe/597 CPU: 2 PID: 597 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.164+ #114 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.1-0-g3208b098f51a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xba print_report+0x17f/0x496 kasan_report+0xd9/0x180 clk_prepare+0x5a/0x60 macb_runtime_resume+0x13d/0x410 [macb] pm_generic_runtime_resume+0x97/0xd0 __rpm_callback+0xc8/0x4d0 rpm_callback+0xf6/0x230 rpm_resume+0xeeb/0x1a70 __pm_runtime_resume+0xb4/0x170 bus_remove_device+0x2e3/0x4b0 device_del+0x5b3/0xdc0 platform_device_del+0x4e/0x280 platform_device_unregister+0x11/0x50 pci_device_remove+0xae/0x210 device_remove+0xcb/0x180 device_release_driver_internal+0x529/0x770 driver_detach+0xd4/0x1a0 bus_remove_driver+0x135/0x260 driver_unregister+0x72/0xb0 pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x220 __do_sys_delete_module+0x32e/0x550 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 </TASK> Allocated by task 519: kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x50 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8e/0x90 __clk_register+0x458/0x2890 clk_hw_register+0x1a/0x60 __clk_hw_register_fixed_rate+0x255/0x410 clk_register_fixed_rate+0x3c/0xa0 macb_probe+0x1d8/0x42e [macb_pci] local_pci_probe+0xd7/0x190 pci_device_probe+0x252/0x600 really_probe+0x255/0x7f0 __driver_probe_device+0x1ee/0x330 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1f0 __driver_attach+0x1df/0x4e0 bus_for_each_dev+0x15d/0x1f0 bus_add_driver+0x486/0x5e0 driver_register+0x23a/0x3d0 do_one_initcall+0xfd/0x4d0 do_init_module+0x18b/0x5a0 load_module+0x5663/0x7950 __do_sys_finit_module+0x101/0x180 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 Freed by task 597: kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x50 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x50 __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x180 __kmem_cache_free+0xbc/0x320 clk_unregister+0x6de/0x8d0 macb_remove+0x73/0xc0 [macb_pci] pci_device_remove+0xae/0x210 device_remove+0xcb/0x180 device_release_driver_internal+0x529/0x770 driver_detach+0xd4/0x1a0 bus_remove_driver+0x135/0x260 driver_unregister+0x72/0xb0 pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x220 __do_sys_delete_module+0x32e/0x550 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
Title net: macb: fix clk handling on PCI glue driver removal
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-01T14:15:20.242Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T14:12:55.974Z

Link: CVE-2026-43015

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-01T15:16:45.500

Modified: 2026-05-01T15:24:14.893

Link: CVE-2026-43015

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