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

hwmon: (lm90) Only report alarms if driver is ready

Userspace can read sysfs attributes before driver registration is complete,
immediately after devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() has been called.
At that time, data->hwmon_dev is not yet initialized. This can trigger
a NULL pointer access since lm90_update_device() and with it
lm90_update_alarms_locked() will be called. This call schedules
report_work and lm90_report_alarms(), which passes the still-NULL
data->hwmon_dev to hwmon_notify_event() and triggers a NULL pointer
dereference.

Fix the problem by only scheduling the report and alert workers
data->hwmon_dev is set.
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History

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-476

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

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Weaknesses CWE-824
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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


Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000


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Weaknesses CWE-476

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (lm90) Only report alarms if driver is ready Userspace can read sysfs attributes before driver registration is complete, immediately after devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() has been called. At that time, data->hwmon_dev is not yet initialized. This can trigger a NULL pointer access since lm90_update_device() and with it lm90_update_alarms_locked() will be called. This call schedules report_work and lm90_report_alarms(), which passes the still-NULL data->hwmon_dev to hwmon_notify_event() and triggers a NULL pointer dereference. Fix the problem by only scheduling the report and alert workers data->hwmon_dev is set.
Title hwmon: (lm90) Only report alarms if driver is ready
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: 2026-08-19T16:38:49.811Z

Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.915Z

Link: CVE-2026-74552

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T13:18:00.607

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:21:10.360

Link: CVE-2026-74552

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2026-74552 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T03:45:03Z

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