CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74604

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel hwmon thermal driver, a commit was reverted that introduced a use-after-free in the error path of thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(). The fix restores the removed validation.

Risk Assessment

The bug could lead to kernel memory corruption during error handling, potentially causing system crash or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the revert of this commit. Ensure systems with hwmon thermal drivers are updated.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS