Medium · published January 14, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
via_wdt: fix critical boot hang due to unnamed resource allocation
The VIA watchdog driver uses allocate_resource() to reserve a MMIO
region for the watchdog control register. However, the allocated
resource was not given a name, which causes the kernel resource tree
to contain an entry marked as "<BAD>" under /proc/iomem on x86
platforms.
During boot, this unnamed resource can lead to a critical hang because
subsequent resource lookups and conflict checks fail to handle the
invalid entry properly.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 3.3.1, < 5.10.248 | 5.10.248 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.198 | 5.15.198 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.160 | 6.1.160 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.120 | 6.6.120 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.64 | 6.12.64 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.3 | 6.18.3 |
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