CVE-2026-90178
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
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
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cba | affected | git | dc0d79b1be384e7f6a2308356afd10dcf3bf940f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cba | affected | git | 86c1617b7d4b001b20a71deda3c791538a4fa6aa | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cba | affected | git | 9b23a010a1e8232974617c412cb9f578f3378b70 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1a793caf6f6991716cb07583ed7c27de84ef0cba | affected | git | 0cd8450c257faa0cece0e0c43d3b55d1a389acc7 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.110 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.52 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.2.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.2.* | None listed |
| 7.3 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |