CVE-2026-74604

HIGH 8.4

Revert "thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit"

CVSS Score

8.4

EPSS Score

0.2%

EPSS Percentile

7th

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.

Vendor	linux
Product	linux
Ecosystems	Linux Kernel
Industries	Technology
Published	Aug 22, 2026
Last Updated	Aug 25, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

Linux / Linux

030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < 2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11 030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366 030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < 999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc 030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < 6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a 030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < 8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0 030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < 6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4 030a48b0f6ce393d78b8d33debb1e2043b8cc156 < ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107

Linux / Linux

5.11

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107