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CVE-2026-64213

hwmon: (lm90) Add lock protection to lm90_alert

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.34, 7.0.11
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (lm90) Add lock protection to lm90_alert Sashiko reports: lm90_alert() executes in the smbus alert context and calls lm90_update_confreg() to disable the hardware alert line, without acquiring hwmon_lock. Concurrently, sysfs write operations (such as lm90_write_convrate) hold the hwmon_lock, temporarily modify data->config, and then restore it. If an alert interrupt occurs concurrently with a sysfs write, the sysfs path will overwrite the alert handler's modifications to data->config and the hardware register. This unintentionally re-enables the hardware alert line while the alarm is still active, causing an interrupt storm. Add the missing lock to lm90_alert() to solve the problem.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    5.3

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.3.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.34; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.0.11

References 6

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