Bug 2541210 (CVE-2026-97582) - CVE-2026-97582 kernel: hwmon: (gpio-fan) Fix use-after-free in alarm work
Summary: CVE-2026-97582 kernel: hwmon: (gpio-fan) Fix use-after-free in alarm work
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97582
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 06:08 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:02:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (gpio-fan) Fix use-after-free in alarm work

fan_alarm_irq_handler() queues fan_data->alarm_work, but nothing
cancels it.  fan_alarm_notify() dereferences fan_data and its hwmon
device.  On unbind, devres frees the interrupt, which only waits for
the handler itself, and then releases the hwmon device and fan_data,
so a pending fan_alarm_notify() can run after those frees.

Replace INIT_WORK() with devm_work_autocancel(), registered before
devm_request_irq().  The devres cleanup then frees the interrupt
first, so no new work can be queued, and cancels the work while
fan_data and the hwmon device are still alive.

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.


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