{"id":"CVE-2026-99161","aliases":[],"title":"i2c: viai2c-wmt: Fix clock leak in wmt_i2c_probe()","titleSource":"Linux","descriptionSource":"Linux","products":[{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"560746eb79d3124a278452c8dd968682b521cc82","status":"affected","lessThan":"5d476bb76b7d72d8b7ed04a9c614900b097e3af7","versionType":"git"},{"version":"560746eb79d3124a278452c8dd968682b521cc82","status":"affected","lessThan":"1875de656370c89b99a150d220df876288ee0344","versionType":"git"},{"version":"560746eb79d3124a278452c8dd968682b521cc82","status":"affected","lessThan":"aaabefc79b0ff0018e8e3832169bbe359d0551fc","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99161"},{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"3.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"3.11","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.59","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.13","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99161"}],"remediation":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: viai2c-wmt: Fix clock leak in wmt_i2c_probe()\n\nIn wmt_i2c_probe(), i2c->clk is acquired using of_clk_get(). If any\nsubsequent operation fails or when the module is unloaded, the clock\nreference count is never decremented via clk_put(), leading to a\nresource leak.\n\nSwitch to devm_clk_get() so that the clock is automatically managed\nand released.","severity":"unknown","score":null,"published":"2026-10-28T10:35:13.970Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:13.970Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d476bb76b7d72d8b7ed04a9c614900b097e3af7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1875de656370c89b99a150d220df876288ee0344","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaabefc79b0ff0018e8e3832169bbe359d0551fc"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-99161","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:13.970Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99161"}],"assessments":[],"sourceAffected":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-28T22:10:31.402Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}