CVE-2026-64213 (GCVE-0-2026-64213)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-24 15:23
Modified
2026-07-24 15:23
Severity ?
Summary
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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Linux Linux Version: 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f
Version: 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f
Version: 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f
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