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CVE-2026-90178

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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hwmon: (coretemp) Fix core_data leak on CPUs without PTS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (coretemp) Fix core_data leak on CPUs without PTS pdata->core_data is allocated in init_temp_data() when the first core temp_data of a package is created, but it is only released from destroy_temp_data(), and only in the branch that handles the package temp_data. Package temp_data is created solely when the CPU supports X86_FEATURE_PTS. On a CPU without it, coretemp_cpu_online() never calls coretemp_add_core() with pkg_flag set, so pdata->pkg_data stays NULL. coretemp_cpu_offline() then skips the removal of the package interface, destroy_temp_data() is never called for package data, and the array is still allocated when coretemp_device_remove() frees the platform data that pointed at it. Release the array in coretemp_device_remove(). destroy_temp_data() sets pdata->core_data to NULL when it frees it, so the added kfree() is a no-op on CPUs that do have PTS. Tested on an Intel Core i5-1135G7. The driver was instrumented to log every allocation and release of pdata->core_data, and the PTS check in coretemp_cpu_online() was patched out to emulate a CPU without package thermal support. Without this change the array was allocated and never released, and coretemp_device_remove() still saw a non-NULL pointer. With it the array is released and the pointer accounting balances. On an unmodified build the release still happens via the package temp_data and the added kfree() sees NULL, with no slab warnings over repeated module load and unload cycles.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cbaaffectedgitdc0d79b1be384e7f6a2308356afd10dcf3bf940fUnavailableNone listed
1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cbaaffectedgit86c1617b7d4b001b20a71deda3c791538a4fa6aaUnavailableNone listed
1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cbaaffectedgit9b23a010a1e8232974617c412cb9f578f3378b70UnavailableNone listed
1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cbaaffectedgit0cd8450c257faa0cece0e0c43d3b55d1a389acc7UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
6.9affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver6.9UnavailableNone listed
6.12.110unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.52unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.2.6unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.2.*None listed
7.3unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed