CVE-2026-74604
Published: August 27, 2026Last modified: August 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit" Revert commit 030a48b0f6ce ("thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit") that introduced a use-after-free into the error path of thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs() by removing a valid check from it.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.4 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.1.182-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.12.103-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.18.46-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107