CVE-2026-74551

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) DMA-align output buffer Sashiko reports: When send_output_report() calls hid_hw_output_report(), the underlying USB HID core calls usb_interrupt_msg() which maps this buffer directly for DMA. When the DMA mapping flushes or invalidates the cacheline, it will corrupt the adjacent variables (mutex, update_interval) that were modified concurrently by the CPU. This causes memory corruption due to cacheline sharing on non-coherent CPU architectures (such as ARM or MIPS). The DMA API debugging tool (CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG) will trigger runtime warnings for this violation. Any operation that triggers send_output_report() (like setting a fan speed or updating the interval) causes the USB DMA mapping. On systems with non-coherent caches, this structural bug causes immediate and deterministic memory corruption. Align the output buffer to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN to fix the problem.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080bbf42faf77e6489ab30d5114c5f8f6ccbb1b8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2332d35aaf206c17acf848522817252732596676
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51a76bc1b8e717ee3fc0d84f15ac51490ca5f76f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a2dbce5da2d2163a5b684acf68a0e54582ff0fa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70ad543ce81f368411b6c721265a3b2d7ab4fda4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a6593b1c8dfb2694cd0ce39be01212d2b8436c

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 13:18

Updated : 2026-08-19 17:21

NVD link : CVE-2026-74551

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74551

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74551

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CWE

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