hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) DMA-align output buffer
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) DMA-align output buffer Sashiko reports: When send_output_report() calls hid_hw_output_report(), the underlying USB HID core calls usb_interrupt_msg() which maps this buffer directly for DMA. When the DMA mapping flushes or invalidates the cacheline, it will corrupt the adjacent variables (mutex, update_interval) that were modified concurrently by the CPU. This causes memory corruption due to cacheline sharing on non-coherent CPU architectures (such as ARM or MIPS). The DMA API debugging tool (CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG) will trigger runtime warnings for this violation. Any operation that triggers send_output_report() (like setting a fan speed or updating the interval) causes the USB DMA mapping. On systems with non-coherent caches, this structural bug causes immediate and deterministic memory corruption. Align the output buffer to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN to fix the problem.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74551
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3m5x-223v-jq2m
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a6593b1c8dfb2694cd0ce39be01212d2b8436c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70ad543ce81f368411b6c721265a3b2d7ab4fda4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51a76bc1b8e717ee3fc0d84f15ac51490ca5f76f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2332d35aaf206c17acf848522817252732596676
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a2dbce5da2d2163a5b684acf68a0e54582ff0fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080bbf42faf77e6489ab30d5114c5f8f6ccbb1b8
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74551 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74551 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3m5x-223v-jq2m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74551 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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