High 7.8Published May 27, 2026

CVE-2026-45909clk: mediatek: Drop __initconst from gates

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 7:30 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mediatek: Drop __initconst from gates Since commit 8ceff24a754a ("clk: mediatek: clk-gate: Refactor mtk_clk_register_gate to use mtk_gate struct") the mtk_gate structs are no longer just used for initialization/registration, but also at runtime. So drop __initconst annotations.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	8ceff24a754ac065123ae0ec9f31ec03aff55f8a builds before 1debd9ba7eb18af8fb63dc93517c6bbcab0e31ee; from 8ceff24a754ac065123ae0ec9f31ec03aff55f8a before 866d8ecc4e789f7d73d6cafd1b122d1b6032b3b1; from 8ceff24a754ac065123ae0ec9f31ec03aff55f8a before 871afb43e41ad4e8246438de495a939cd0f8113c	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.18 before 6.18.14; from 6.19 before 6.19.4	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1debd9ba7eb18af8fb63dc93517c6bbcab0e31ee	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866d8ecc4e789f7d73d6cafd1b122d1b6032b3b1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871afb43e41ad4e8246438de495a939cd0f8113c	patch

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