CVE-2026-98121 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Published on September 25, 2026
watchdog: msc313e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in PM callbacks
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
watchdog: msc313e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in PM callbacks
msc313e_wdt_probe() doesn't set the driver data for the platform device.
As a result, dev_get_drvdata() in msc313e_wdt_suspend() and
msc313e_wdt_resume() will return NULL, leading to a NULL pointer
dereference afterward.
Set the platform device driver data in msc313e_wdt_probe().
Products Associated with CVE-2026-98121
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 and below b02f902fe4b59d65f74a25c4523a75453bd3f808 is affected.
- Version e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 and below 744b25040d8206f7925b8ba0be5edf93fa4bf81e is affected.
- Version e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 and below 6495dc16e635356fd2b7535dcbf9b6779de4e753 is affected.
- Version e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 and below e3eceb76515910746e6268c4e4ac1c07516ebd7b is affected.
- Version 5.14 is affected.
- Before 5.14 is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.111, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.53, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2.7, <= 7.2.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.3-rc3, <= * is unaffected.