CVE-2026-74604
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.