CVE-2026-64213: hwmon: (lm90) Add lock protection to lm90_alert
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.12% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 02b88fa993582b4fe228b4143b330b0bb9f28353, 165ef777ec6f634a5e4b8d9b0dadca8ef91fa90e, 1dc6a3469b5427e3bfd19010d7755ebc6019abc1; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 02b88fa993582b4fe228b4143b330b0bb9f28353, 165ef777ec6f634a5e4b8d9b0dadca8ef91fa90e, 1dc6a3469b5427e3bfd19010d7755ebc6019abc1; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (lm90) Add lock protection to lm90_alert Sashiko reports: lm90_alert() executes in the smbus alert context and calls lm90_update_confreg() to disable the hardware alert line, without acquiring hwmon_lock. Concurrently, sysfs write operations (such as lm90_write_convrate) hold the hwmon_lock, temporarily modify data->config, and then restore it. If an alert interrupt occurs concurrently with a sysfs write, the sysfs path will overwrite the alert handler's modifications to data->config and the hardware register. This unintentionally re-enables the hardware alert line while the alarm is still active, causing an interrupt storm. Add the missing lock to lm90_alert() to solve the problem.
- Published
- Jul 24, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 6, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 2th percentile
- CWE
- —
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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- A fix has been released
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.3 and later · before 6.18.34
- linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.0.11
- linux linux kernel7.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.3affected
- 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f and later · before 1dc6a3469b5427e3bfd19010d7755ebc6019abc1affected · git
- 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f and later · before 02b88fa993582b4fe228b4143b330b0bb9f28353affected · git
- 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f and later · before 165ef777ec6f634a5e4b8d9b0dadca8ef91fa90eaffected · git
- 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f and later · before bed1fc32e0eb653806fa98afcf55f9a311fc4ce2affected · git
- 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f and later · before b0b66aae8a94c3663d47e4000b0e81b89ce32186affected · git
- 7a1d220ccb0cc2b808eb176fb05bf55a38179f3f and later · before 873e919e3101063a7a75989510ccfc125a4391cfaffected · git
- before 5.3not affected · semver
- 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.115-2 | 6.12.115-2 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.0.12-1 | 7.0.12-1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 02b88fa993582b4fe228b4143b330b0bb9f28353 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 165ef777ec6f634a5e4b8d9b0dadca8ef91fa90e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 1dc6a3469b5427e3bfd19010d7755ebc6019abc1 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 873e919e3101063a7a75989510ccfc125a4391cf | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b0b66aae8a94c3663d47e4000b0e81b89ce32186 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | bed1fc32e0eb653806fa98afcf55f9a311fc4ce2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.115-2 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux | 7.0.12-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-0636 · Jul 27, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
—
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/165ef777ec6f634a5e4b8d9b0dadca8ef91fa90e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6a3469b5427e3bfd19010d7755ebc6019abc1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/873e919e3101063a7a75989510ccfc125a4391cf
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b66aae8a94c3663d47e4000b0e81b89ce32186
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed1fc32e0eb653806fa98afcf55f9a311fc4ce2
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.