CVE-2026-98000

CVE-2026-98000

published September 25, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: Fix potential UAF in pec_store

Sashiko reports:

In pec_store(), a guard(mutex)(&hwdev->lock) is taken. If the chip write

operation returns an error other than -EOPNOTSUPP, the code jumps to the

put label, which calls put_device(hdev). If this drops the final reference,

the device is freed. When the function then returns, the guard cleanup

function runs and attempts to unlock the freed mutex.

Use scoped_guard() instead of guard() to avoid the problem.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00166 · 5.5th percentile
Published
2026-09-25T15:17Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 10:23Z
    hwmon: Fix potential UAF in pec_store
    cvelistv5