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CVE-2026-64038

Linux Linux — hwmon: (lm90) Stop work before releasing hwmon device
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   H   L   N  U  N  N  H    4.7   .0009    0.4     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    f6d0775119fb905fb02eafa98d575cf8ee792d46 –  —
  Linux    6.0 –                                       6.18.34
TIMELINE
  Jul 19  Reserved by Linux
  Jul 19  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Oct 13  ENRICHED — CVE-2026-64038 (Linux). Received CVSS 4.7 and CPE data from NVD.
CWE-362 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (lm90) Stop work before releasing hwmon device Sashiko reports: In lm90_probe(), the devm action to cancel the alert_work and report_work (lm90_restore_conf) is registered in lm90_init_client() before devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() is called. Because devm executes cleanup actions in reverse order during module unbind or probe failure, the hwmon device is unregistered and freed first. If lm90_alert_work() or lm90_report_alarms() runs in the window between the hwmon device being freed and the delayed works being cancelled, lm90_update_alarms() will dereference the freed data->hwmon_dev here. Fix the problem by canceling the workers separately after registering the hwmon device and before registering the interrupt handler. This ensures that the workers are canceled after interrupts are disabled and before the hwmon device is released. Add "shutdown" flag to indicate that device shutdown is in progress to prevent workers from being re-armed.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
July 19, 2026ReservedReserved by Linux
July 19, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
October 13, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2026-64038 (Linux). Received CVSS 4.7 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux—f6d0775119fb905fb02eafa98d575cf8ee792d46—
LinuxLinux—6.06.18.34

Weaknesses

CWE-362

References (3)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-64038 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-362

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-64038 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.