CVE-2026-64213
Description
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.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f < bed1fc32e0eb653806fa98afcf55f9a311fc4ce2, 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f < b0b66aae8a94c3663d47e4000b0e81b89ce32186, 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f < 873e919e3101063a7a75989510ccfc125a4391cf |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.3, 0 < 5.3, 6.18.34 ≤ 6.18.*, 7.0.11 ≤ 7.0.* … |
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