CVE-2026-64038

hwmon: (lm90) Stop work before releasing hwmon device

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 03:39 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (lm90) Stop work before releasing hwmon device Sashiko reports: In lm90_probe(), the devm action to cancel the alert_work and report_work (lm90_restore_conf) is registered in lm90_init_client() before devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() is called. Because devm executes cleanup actions in reverse order during module unbind or probe failure, the hwmon device is unregistered and freed first. If lm90_alert_work() or lm90_report_alarms() runs in the window between the hwmon device being freed and the delayed works being cancelled, lm90_update_alarms() will dereference the freed data->hwmon_dev here. Fix the problem by canceling the workers separately after registering the hwmon device and before registering the interrupt handler. This ensures that the workers are canceled after interrupts are disabled and before the hwmon device is released. Add "shutdown" flag to indicate that device shutdown is in progress to prevent workers from being re-armed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.0 ≤ v < 6.18.346.19 ≤ v < 7.0.116.07.1f6d0775119fb905fb02eafa98d575cf8ee792d46
Vendor states this is fixed in 479e297526aeb19c745eac5c1897f455f83dc5f8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b09a45601094c7f4ec4db8090b825fa61e169d93 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c98107817b0f6cdf51adc5e84e75c39ee25d8b28 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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