watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister watchdog_register_device() registers wdd->pm_nb when WDOG_NO_PING_ON_SUSPEND is set, but watchdog_unregister_device() does not remove it. This leaves an embedded notifier block on the PM notifier chain after the watchdog device has been unregistered. A later suspend/resume notification can then call watchdog_pm_notifier() with a stale watchdog_device pointer, or at minimum after wdd->wd_data has been cleared by watchdog_dev_unregister(). Unregister the PM notifier before tearing down the watchdog device.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74329
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qx92-xvvw-qq6q
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd2d1b1f99308f7680d75a377daaff363f1cc736
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d9b58ec6f5de5e159a570d419b1b08b3b9f854b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89184909634e50d086d86d8a0c03fc86fe8d889f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e690afea5c876a4abfa2978c6a664460ed7d1217
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/298821692d447c2f7b1bc9ef41cd88a31bf56436
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c70b5bb6f04f77ef90e047d7edc2f476e206909f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a298c7302ee9584a7a1ac1e8acbede8d98ab51a4
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74329 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74329 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qx92-xvvw-qq6q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74329 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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