# CVE-2026-90136: platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Reject negative power cap writes in hwmon

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 92c025db52bb94a032eb3d473bb81e62c19ddbd3, fixed in 2c09cadec116eba3fdbcb5d8d8641f6777d4a11f; from 92c025db52bb94a032eb3d473bb81e62c19ddbd3, fixed in 1b0a3d915320f1600e5ff43f8bc21b73118480b8; from 92c025db52bb94a032eb3d473bb81e62c19ddbd3, fixed in 3921bb8635ff2836622df1cdf3194d4f3c1835a4
- Linux: 6.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.16.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Reject negative power cap writes in hwmon hsmp_hwmon_write() takes the user-supplied hwmon value as a signed long and assigns "val / MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT" to msg.args[0], which is a __u32. MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT is an unsigned long, so a negative write to power1_cap (e.g. "echo -1 > power1_cap") is first converted to a huge unsigned value by the division and then stored into the u32 argument. As a result a nonsensical, multi-gigawatt socket power limit is sent to the SMU via HSMP_SET_SOCKET_POWER_LIMIT instead of the write being rejected. Reject negative values with -EINVAL before the conversion. Tested with HSMP enabled: CAP=$(dirname $(grep -l amd_hsmp_hwmon \ /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*/name | head -1))/power1_cap # negative write echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" # valid positive write must still work echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" Before: # echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" ret=0 <- accepted; bogus limit sent to SMU # echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" ret=0 After: # echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument ret=1 <- rejected with -EINVAL # echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" ret=0 <- valid write still works

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.52, 7.2.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c09cadec116eba3fdbcb5d8d8641f6777d4a11f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b0a3d915320f1600e5ff43f8bc21b73118480b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3921bb8635ff2836622df1cdf3194d4f3c1835a4

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