High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2026· Updated Jun 14, 2026
CVE-2026-46288
CVE-2026-46288
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
of: unittest: fix use-after-free in of_unittest_changeset()
The variable 'parent' is assigned the value of 'nchangeset' earlier in the function, meaning both point to the same struct device_node. The call to of_node_put(nchangeset) can decrement the reference count to zero and free the node if there are no other holders. After that, the code still uses 'parent' to check for the presence of a property and to read a string property, leading to a use-after-free.
Fix this by moving the of_node_put() call after the last access to 'parent', avoiding the UAF.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 6.12.0, < 6.12.86+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.12.0, < 6.12.86
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.12-1.1
Patches
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