CVE-2026-74604 - Vulnerability Details

- Revert "thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit"

Description

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.

Published: 2026-08-22

Score: n/a

EPSS: n/a

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< 2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< 999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< 6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< 8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< 6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4
`1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2`	affected	< ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107
`0`	affected	< 5.15.216
`0`	affected	< 6.1.183
`0`	affected	< 6.6.152
`0`	affected	< 6.12.104
`0`	affected	< 6.18.45
`0`	affected	< 7.1.9

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.15.216`	unaffected	≤ 5.15.*
`6.1.183`	unaffected	≤ 6.1.*
`6.6.152`	unaffected	≤ 6.6.*
`6.12.104`	unaffected	≤ 6.12.*
`6.18.45`	unaffected	≤ 6.18.*
`7.1.9`	unaffected	≤ 7.1.*
`7.2`	unaffected	≤ *

No data.

Vendor Product Confidence Versions

Linux

Linux Kernel

99%

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,2434f4765da8ccd7ef31be88b86f1bfa2e95be11)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,b4c01ae6dd56d9dfd96bd1b29c28afa8fa06b366)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,999e573212d5f1debf073c68be35e55bbfad12fc)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,6a48ee9a5bda0f8ee501f9bef159fb9f39ff519a)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,8d34019d1413629a434a7e8d9f91c76d256196a0)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,6b446d335ba16e93a266dd77adf1ba51abc82df4)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2,ff8da20b6f47c48d46e47f93f7a59e2d56ee9107)`	affected	code_commit	—
`[0,5.15.216)`	affected	semver	—
`[0,6.1.183)`	affected	semver	—
`[0,6.6.152)`	affected	semver	—
`[0,6.12.104)`	affected	semver	—
`[0,6.18.45)`	affected	semver	—
`[0,7.1.9)`	affected	semver	—
`[0,7.2)`	affected	semver	—

Linux

Linux Kernel

99%

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[5.15.216,5.16.0)`	unaffected	semver	—
`[6.1.183,6.2.0)`	unaffected	semver	—
`[6.6.152,6.7.0)`	unaffected	semver	—
`[6.12.104,6.13.0)`	unaffected	semver	—
`[6.18.45,6.19.0)`	unaffected	semver	—
`[7.1.9,7.2.0)`	unaffected	semver	—
`[7.2,*]`	unaffected	generic	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-416

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Revert "thermal/drivers/hwmon: Cleanup coding style a bit"
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		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

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Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-22T15:31:52.295Z

Updated: 2026-08-22T15:31:52.295Z

Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.919Z

Link: CVE-2026-74604

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-22T16:16:32.860

Modified: 2026-08-22T16:16:32.860

Link: CVE-2026-74604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T17:30:02Z

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Tracking

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