CVE-2026-90101

bnxt_en: Fix call to hardware monitoring event handler

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:06 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix call to hardware monitoring event handler The first parameter of hwmon_notify_event() is supposed to be the hardware monitoring device. The bnxt driver calls it with the platform device as first parameter instead. This API break results in undefined behavior and may result in a crash. Pass the hardware monitoring device as parameter instead to fix the problem.

Affected

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

6.7a19b4801457b0806c0153dc344f548c6f8615896
Vendor states this is fixed in 001ff5d8e68aacd91768b824b930dd7e68db6688 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 622d698df4239fef3e0eb51fe59f4198f957f28a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b17907ef665bc76a495a8f909f74656d3f32b7a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e3cad8389a72b8a309b5689c1683310126b0d7da (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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