CVE-2025-39728: clk: samsung: Fix UBSAN panic in samsung_clk_init()

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-129

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: samsung: Fix UBSAN panic in samsung_clk_init() With UBSAN_ARRAY_BOUNDS=y, I'm hitting the below panic due to dereferencing `ctx->clk_data.hws` before setting `ctx->clk_data.num = nr_clks`. Move that up to fix the crash. UBSAN: array index out of bounds: 00000000f2005512 [#1] PREEMPT SMP <snip> Call trace: samsung_clk_init+0x110/0x124 (P) samsung_clk_init+0x48/0x124 (L) samsung_cmu_register_one+0x3c/0xa0 exynos_arm64_register_cmu+0x54/0x64 __gs101_cmu_top_of_clk_init_declare+0x28/0x60 ...

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.5 before 5.10.236; from 5.11 before 5.15.180; from 5.16 before 6.1.134; from 6.2 before 6.6.87; from 6.7 before 6.12.23; from 6.13 before 6.13.11 — fixed in 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.12.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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