CVE-2026-98848
kernel: rtc: ac100: Assign .num before accessing .hws
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 18, 2026
Updated · October 23, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AC100 Real-Time Clock (RTC) driver. During device probing, the driver accesses an internal array before initializing its element counter. On systems compiled with runtime bounds checking enabled, this premature access triggers an out-of-bounds trap, allowing a local user capable of triggering device initialization to crash the system, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write