GHSA-p9j5-gjf3-cch6unknown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: dev: zero-initialize...

Published
October 23, 2026
Last Modified
October 30, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rtc: dev: zero-initialize struct rtc_wkalrm to prevent information leak

The struct rtc_wkalrm has padding holes after the 'pending' member. When returned to userspace via the RTC_WKALRM_RD ioctl, uninitialized kernel stack data residing in these holes may be leaked.

Zero-initialize the struct at declaration to eliminate this information leak risk.

Fixes smatch warnings:

  • drivers/rtc/dev.c:392 rtc_dev_ioctl() warn: check that 'alarm' doesn't leak information (struct has a hole after 'pending')

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