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Unscored CVE-2022-48942 EUVD-2022-53821GHSA-8g6r-2qgw-fhv7

hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly

Published Aug 22, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly

If an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails,
the call to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() may return -ENODEV.
This may result in crashes similar to the following.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003cd
...
Internal error: Oops: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
...
pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : mutex_lock+0x18/0x60
lr : thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0
sp : ffff800014c4fc60
x29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790
x26: ffff365ee3f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000
x23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd
x20: ffff365ee8bf3308 x19: ffffffffffffffed x18: 0000000000000000
x17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040
x14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000001120000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0068000878e20f07 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000003cd
x2 : ffff365ee3f6e000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000003cd
Call trace:
mutex_lock+0x18/0x60
hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110
0xffffdde1cb7a0a90
0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c
irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0
irq_thread+0x134/0x240
kthread+0x178/0x190
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02)

Jon Hunter reports that the exact call sequence is:

hwmon_notify_event()
--> hwmon_thermal_notify()
--> thermal_zone_device_update()
--> update_temperature()
--> mutex_lock()

The hwmon core needs to handle all errors returned from calls
to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). If the call fails
with -ENODEV, report that the sensor was not attached to a
thermal zone but continue to register the hwmon device.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.8 5.10.103

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.16.12-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.16.12-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.16.12-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
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