Linux Kernel i2c: xiic runtimePM misuse causes clk WARN flood
CVE-2026-99248 Published on November 3, 2026
i2c: xiic: restore non-managed runtime PM to fix clk WARN flood
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: xiic: restore non-managed runtime PM to fix clk WARN flood
The devres conversion replaced manual pm_runtime_enable()/disable() with
devm_pm_runtime_set_active_enabled() and dropped the remove-time runtime
PM teardown. The managed release tears runtime PM down in the wrong
order: it calls pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend() before
pm_runtime_disable(), i.e. while runtime PM is still enabled, and devres
is LIFO so the devm_clk_get_enabled() release runs afterwards.
At remove(), pm_runtime_put_sync() leaves the device active with the
autosuspend timer armed. Clearing use_autosuspend then makes rpm_idle()
suspend immediately, and xiic_i2c_runtime_suspend() clk_disable()s the
clock. The later devm_clk_get_enabled() release clk_disable_unprepare()s
the already-disabled clock, so clk_core_disable() WARNs ("clkN already
disabled") on every teardown.
Drop the managed helper and restore the non-managed runtime PM setup and
teardown, so runtime PM is enabled once in probe and disabled once in
remove and the clock enable count stays balanced.
Order the remove teardown so runtime PM is disabled before the usage
count is dropped: pm_runtime_disable() followed by pm_runtime_put_noidle()
instead of pm_runtime_put_sync(). Dropping the count first with autosuspend
still enabled arms the autosuspend timer, and a preemption before
pm_runtime_disable() lets it expire, suspend the device and clk_disable()
the clock, which the devm release then disables again - the same WARN.
Restore the non-managed IRQ request as well. The probe error paths now
unwind runtime PM by hand via goto, and a devm-registered handler is only
freed later during devres unwind, so it would stay live across the manual
teardown (and across any future failing step added after it). Request the
IRQ with request_threaded_irq() and free it explicitly in the probe error
path and in remove. The probe error path also clears use_autosuspend, to
match the teardown in remove().
Products Associated with CVE-2026-99248
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 50c63491ff267f2860a6d8cb70c9a30ab701b9d3 and below 47e105bdc863f2b320f9c05c80a63d3b83312700 is affected.
- Version 50c63491ff267f2860a6d8cb70c9a30ab701b9d3 and below d33373c565af9c8a28776af02bd20ba6e5724211 is affected.
- Version 7.1 is affected.
- Before 7.1 is unaffected.
- Version 7.2.13, <= 7.2.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.3, <= * is unaffected.