CVE-2026-89744

device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node()

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:46 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: device property: fix infinite loop in fwnode_for_each_child_node() When iterate over children of a fwnode that has a secondary fwnode, fwnode_get_next_child_node() can enter an infinite loop if the secondary fwnode has more than one child. Parent Child (Primary fwnode) FWa: {FWa1, FWa2, FWa3} (Secondary fwnode) FWb: {FWb1, FWb2} In this case: ┌─> fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWa1) │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWa1) returns FWa2 │ │ ... │ │ fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWa3) │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWa3) returns NULL │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWb, get_next_child_node, FWa3) returns FWb1 │ │ fwnode_get_next_child_node(FWa, FWb1) │ - fwnode_call_ptr_op(FWa, get_next_child_node, FWb1) returns FWa1 └────┘ This cause fwnode_for_each_child_node() to loop indefinitely, reapeatedly output {FWa1, FWa2, FWa3, FWb1, FWa1, ...}. The root cause is that when the current child (FWb1) belongs to the secondary fwnode, calling get_next_child_node() on the parimary fwnode incorrectly returns the first child (FWa1) again instead of NULL. Fix this by dynamically checking the parent fwnode of the current child before calling get_next_child_node(). This approach follows the pattern established in commit b5b41ab6b0c1 ("device property: Check fwnode->secondary in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()").

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2692c614f8f05929d692b3dbfd3faef1f00fbaf0272fcf19fda14ec603ce915aafc56cb3ea2fb38d32752c3e81498b106da64a141379eb94f493fe6f3cfdf8d27b668d122a67a14bf2bcde1a7f10bbd643a621684ffa47fc008be98b15ff7becaf3a72fa5.10.2535.15.2035b51b2ba5207e07bcd7be0daab2f8eea405e005e6.1.1676.12.786.18.196.19.96.6.13064dc258f9eec1d7204e9879cb836fe29967f12397.0d1370a4f2aa0d811d419f6a6c6d257867d608956
Vendor states this is fixed in 04004fa33730031392d987a9c1bbd8a0e1c4794b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1900692555826753adab8799a1a8d50bb1ee200c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 20ed517e416df89448029293304c9e180c26cd4b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9cb6b223ef02cb5c9777a852ae1ecf5796987eb6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ba69d892ff4e4a58cc12a2cae106b112db3306cc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4ae79b5f00130aacaddb1f3eb2e5ef711fbf9e0 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
Vector?

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