CVE-2026-64213
kernel: hwmon: (lm90) Add lock protection to lm90_alert
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 24, 2026
Updated · October 21, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's lm90 hardware monitoring driver. A missing lock in the alert interrupt handler allows concurrent sysfs write operations to overwrite the alert configuration, unintentionally re-enabling the hardware alert line while an alarm remains active. A local user with permission to modify sysfs attributes can trigger this race condition, resulting in an interrupt storm and a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-820 · Missing Synchronization