In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister

watchdog_register_device() registers wdd->pm_nb when
WDOG_NO_PING_ON_SUSPEND is set, but watchdog_unregister_device() does not
remove it. This leaves an embedded notifier block on the PM notifier chain
after the watchdog device has been unregistered.

A later suspend/resume notification can then call watchdog_pm_notifier()
with a stale watchdog_device pointer, or at minimum after wdd->wd_data has
been cleared by watchdog_dev_unregister().

Unregister the PM notifier before tearing down the watchdog device.
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History

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-825
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Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister watchdog_register_device() registers wdd->pm_nb when WDOG_NO_PING_ON_SUSPEND is set, but watchdog_unregister_device() does not remove it. This leaves an embedded notifier block on the PM notifier chain after the watchdog device has been unregistered. A later suspend/resume notification can then call watchdog_pm_notifier() with a stale watchdog_device pointer, or at minimum after wdd->wd_data has been cleared by watchdog_dev_unregister(). Unregister the PM notifier before tearing down the watchdog device.
Title watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T05:17:20.223Z

Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.885Z

Link: CVE-2026-74329

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:33.640

Modified: 2026-08-17T06:19:27.317

Link: CVE-2026-74329

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-74329 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T02:45:03Z

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