FKIE_CVE-2026-74711

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-22 16:16 - Updated: 2026-08-22 16:16
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus) Fix type confusion in notification logic Sashiko reports: At the start of the loop in pmbus_notify(), the code unconditionally casts every attribute to a struct sensor_device_attribute: drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c:pmbus_notify() { for (i = 0; i < data->num_attributes; i++) { struct device_attribute *da = to_dev_attr(data->group.attrs[i]); struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da); int index = attr->index; ... } However, data->group.attrs can contain other types like struct pmbus_samples_reg or struct pmbus_sensor, which only embed a base struct device_attribute. If da is a struct pmbus_samples_reg, dev_attr is the last member. Casting it to struct sensor_device_attribute and reading the index field appears to access memory past the end of the allocation, which might trigger a slab-out-of-bounds read. Additionally, if da is a struct pmbus_sensor, casting it causes the index field to overlap with the page, phase, and reg fields. Could this produce a garbage mask on little-endian systems that spuriously matches the target reg, page, and flags during an alert? Fix the problem by using struct sensor_device_attr in struct pmbus_sensor and struct pmbus_label. Since those attributes never trigger a notification, set the value of attr->index to -1 for them. Use this value to distinguish from boolean attributes which _can_ trigger a notification and use the index field to encode mask, page, and register values.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b121de89a99c54bcf516999b04e8531c84f08d5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59bd68ab05a8f9c9a60b6ec44682084184803ff4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/821f6416e69782fa662aff94b5ea52c943042790
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    {
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          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c"
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (pmbus) Fix type confusion in notification logic\n\nSashiko reports:\n\nAt the start of the loop in pmbus_notify(), the code unconditionally casts\nevery attribute to a struct sensor_device_attribute:\n\ndrivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c:pmbus_notify() {\n    for (i = 0; i \u003c data-\u003enum_attributes; i++) {\n        struct device_attribute *da = to_dev_attr(data-\u003egroup.attrs[i]);\n        struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da);\n        int index = attr-\u003eindex;\n...\n}\n\nHowever, data-\u003egroup.attrs can contain other types like struct\npmbus_samples_reg or struct pmbus_sensor, which only embed a base\nstruct device_attribute.\n\nIf da is a struct pmbus_samples_reg, dev_attr is the last member. Casting\nit to struct sensor_device_attribute and reading the index field appears\nto access memory past the end of the allocation, which might trigger a\nslab-out-of-bounds read.\n\nAdditionally, if da is a struct pmbus_sensor, casting it causes the index\nfield to overlap with the page, phase, and reg fields. Could this produce\na garbage mask on little-endian systems that spuriously matches the target\nreg, page, and flags during an alert?\n\nFix the problem by using struct sensor_device_attr in struct pmbus_sensor\nand struct pmbus_label. Since those attributes never trigger a\nnotification, set the value of attr-\u003eindex to -1 for them. Use this value\nto distinguish from boolean attributes which _can_ trigger a notification\nand use the index field to encode mask, page, and register values."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-74711",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-22T16:16:45.853",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-22T16:16:45.853",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b121de89a99c54bcf516999b04e8531c84f08d5"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59bd68ab05a8f9c9a60b6ec44682084184803ff4"
    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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