CVE-2026-98000
hwmon: Fix potential UAF in pec_store
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: Fix potential UAF in pec_store Sashiko reports: In pec_store(), a guard(mutex)(&hwdev->lock) is taken. If the chip write operation returns an error other than -EOPNOTSUPP, the code jumps to the put label, which calls put_device(hdev). If this drops the final reference, the device is freed. When the function then returns, the guard cleanup function runs and attempts to unlock the freed mutex. Use scoped_guard() instead of guard() to avoid the problem.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Sep 25, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
3ad2a7b9b15d5072139a20be84adb36776eb6c9b < 8afab57bcdbc2186f325972e777880ac5a220f4f 3ad2a7b9b15d5072139a20be84adb36776eb6c9b < 01dd8b4fc2cf83c66565c0f382fb1841e9000a89 3ad2a7b9b15d5072139a20be84adb36776eb6c9b < 354ccc99b2dc8ba0cf6d4de34e520bcf6ecca5c2
Linux / Linux
6.18