CVE-2026-74551

hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) DMA-align output buffer

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM UTC
Updated: August 19, 2026 at 05:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) DMA-align output buffer Sashiko reports: When send_output_report() calls hid_hw_output_report(), the underlying USB HID core calls usb_interrupt_msg() which maps this buffer directly for DMA. When the DMA mapping flushes or invalidates the cacheline, it will corrupt the adjacent variables (mutex, update_interval) that were modified concurrently by the CPU. This causes memory corruption due to cacheline sharing on non-coherent CPU architectures (such as ARM or MIPS). The DMA API debugging tool (CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG) will trigger runtime warnings for this violation. Any operation that triggers send_output_report() (like setting a fan speed or updating the interval) causes the USB DMA mapping. On systems with non-coherent caches, this structural bug causes immediate and deterministic memory corruption. Align the output buffer to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN to fix the problem.

Affected

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

5.17 ≤ v < 6.1.1835.17 ≤ v < 6.12.1035.17 ≤ v < 6.18.445.17 ≤ v < 6.6.1515.17 ≤ v < 7.1.85.17 ≤ v < 7.25.1753e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
Vendor states this is fixed in 080bbf42faf77e6489ab30d5114c5f8f6ccbb1b8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2332d35aaf206c17acf848522817252732596676 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 51a76bc1b8e717ee3fc0d84f15ac51490ca5f76f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a2dbce5da2d2163a5b684acf68a0e54582ff0fa (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 70ad543ce81f368411b6c721265a3b2d7ab4fda4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 81a6593b1c8dfb2694cd0ce39be01212d2b8436c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.103 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.44 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.151 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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