CVE-2026-74547

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (adt7470) Fix busy-loop and I2C flooding in update thread When userspace configures 'auto_update_interval' to 0 via sysfs, the background kthread executes schedule_timeout_interruptible(0), which returns immediately. If 'num_temp_sensors' is concurrently or previously set to 0, the msleep_interruptible() delay inside adt7470_read_temperatures() also becomes 0. This combination forces the background thread into a tight, unbounded busy-loop, hogging the CPU and flooding the I2C bus with a continuous stream of transactions. Fix this vulnerability by raising the lower limit of the clamp_val in auto_update_interval_store() from 0 to 500 milliseconds. This guarantees a reasonable minimum sleep window between sensor updates, protecting the system from intentional or accidental I2C bus denial of service.

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1325975a2eab265510e6036d8bf0c0068373d332
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a42bd72a66205e439db1d1142442b62d393408a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4c4d7cadd10b50b5489183bbbb9eb95f6f8344
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38e6b5ce5794ff09442231cc171c2be5e900bab3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc1518f9cc57c6db99514cafeb02dd7117d5bda
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea299c3aa42a827f6a863eeead6de3525bbb17a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82d65f7ef11edcea0228745440b8b4b1f222c34c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb0b7f9c43b0abbd422a7e4c2c85e91db429207c

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 13:18

Updated : 2026-08-19 17:21

NVD link : CVE-2026-74547

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74547

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74547

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CWE

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