hwmon: (adt7470) Fix divide-by-zero TOCTOU crash in fan speed read
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
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: 2 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: hwmon: (adt7470) Fix divide-by-zero TOCTOU crash in fan speed read If the fan data becomes 0 between the FAN_DATA_VALID() check and the FAN_PERIOD_TO_RPM() conversion, it will result in a divide-by-zero crash due to a race with a concurrent update of the cached fan value. Fix a TOCTOU issue by reading fan data once.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151 +4Red Hat: 2 without a fix
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 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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 |
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-2026-74546
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8wx-2r8m-399g
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/689a2ea75434131d0af58aeb7d51fde40e858b4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/009240d057e26831cc925feaba4c490209c1d0ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d328175045176f85c15c369bd21dc551351e7935
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/832069bec79cf6f903441c5769d3cdba95d0af33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96ad57d31763559d376416cdf3bf5ae79bbbebec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76963b04b2d1c648d69949d8dd521e1ff7f40b51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b46fe9dc8f8de59310f37e6c5e5c0e05ded46c3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74546 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74546 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x8wx-2r8m-399g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74546 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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