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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-80660" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-28T06:49:04.992Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-28T06:49:04.992Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80660" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80660.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80660" title: "hwmon: (occ) unregister sysfs devices outside occ lock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (occ) unregister sysfs devices outside occ lock\n\nocc_active(false) and occ_shutdown() unregister sysfs-backed devices while\nocc-\u003elock is held. hwmon_device_unregister() and sysfs_remove_group() can\nwait for active sysfs callbacks to drain, and those callbacks can enter the\nOCC update path and try to take occ-\u003elock again. That gives the unregister\npaths the lock ordering occ-\u003elock -\u003e sysfs callback drain, while a callback\nhas the opposite edge sysfs callback -\u003e occ-\u003elock.\n\nThis issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually\nreviewed against the current tree.\n\nThe grounded PoC kept the real unregister and callback carrier:\n\n occ_shutdown()\n hwmon_device_unregister()\n occ_show_temp_1()\n occ_update_response()\n\nLockdep reported the circular dependency with occ_shutdown() already\nholding the OCC mutex and hwmon_device_unregister() waiting on the sysfs\nside:\n\n WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n ... (sysfs_lock) ... at: hwmon_device_unregister+0x12/0x30 [vuln_msv]\n ... (&test_occ.lock) ... at: occ_shutdown.constprop.0+0xe/0x40 [vuln_msv]\n occ_update_response.isra.0+0xb/0x20 [vuln_msv]\n occ_show_temp_1.constprop.0.isra.0+0x23/0x40 [vuln_msv]\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\nSerialize hwmon registration and removal with a separate hwmon_lock.\nUnder that lock, detach occ-\u003ehwmon and update occ-\u003eactive while occ-\u003elock\nis held so concurrent OCC state changes still see a stable state, then\ndrop occ-\u003elock before calling hwmon_device_unregister(). Remove the\ndriver sysfs group before taking occ-\u003elock in occ_shutdown(), so draining\nthe driver attributes cannot wait while the OCC mutex is held. Also make\nOCC update callbacks return -ENODEV after deactivation, so callbacks that\nalready passed sysfs active protection do not poll the hardware after\nteardown has detached the hwmon device." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"849b0156d9960da628a06756bb920d9571c15e66","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2a4c80ff3571498ec6a916273304b6650026b1b0"},{"version":"849b0156d9960da628a06756bb920d9571c15e66","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e7fd81e9fb1fe476d2131fec66c1138457810ed4"},{"version":"849b0156d9960da628a06756bb920d9571c15e66","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2092952f22a7da98e76e84139ae202b1fc7ba899"},{"version":"849b0156d9960da628a06756bb920d9571c15e66","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f0aad157576da199c146c1bb266442befa7912ca"},{"version":"849b0156d9960da628a06756bb920d9571c15e66","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7ee43ec8e6774774abbe9dc3027225e01bc964a5"},{"version":"849b0156d9960da628a06756bb920d9571c15e66","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e31408734332b8cc611342cdaaab6ba492180156"},{"version":"bc8a32726774286325b0cb0daab55b682cafc1ef","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.19"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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