Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix thermal zone device registration error path If thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails after registering a thermal zone device, it needs to wait for the tz->removal completion like thermal_zone_device_unregister(), in case user space has managed to take a reference to the thermal zone device's kobject, in which case thermal_release() may not be called by the error path itself and tz may be freed prematurely. Add the missing wait_for_completion() call to the thermal zone device registration error path.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d390f0e507dfb16d58f83a58d78d1150dc8b9d7 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/604da9c04c218362e1c1457304ebeb9c199d537c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e07e3b81807edd356e1f794cffa00a428eff443 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e796001af97a1f7368d5114b7a8533dd98d797a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4c7219e93319bba9ba0765dee597784c78f63c5 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 6 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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