CVE-2026-74604

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit" Revert commit 030a48b0f6ce ("thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit") that introduced a use-after-free into the error path of thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs() by removing a valid check from it.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-22 16:16

Updated : 2026-08-25 06:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-74604

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74604

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74604

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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