CVE-2026-97504 (GCVE-0-2026-97504)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-24 16:04 – Updated: 2026-09-24 16:04
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Title
watchdog: lenovo_se10_wdt: Fix use-after-free and resource leak risk
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: lenovo_se10_wdt: Fix use-after-free and resource leak risk Review by sashiko.dev highlighted potential use after free and resource leak instances. Set se10_pdev to null to prevent use after free Remove DMI call back and instead directly call se10_create_platform_device. Handle error cases appropriately
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e9adbc3a116dfa8c7b643180dabf6166c99bcec7 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < c9f1fb55646534370b00824a1fdb47718c72f115 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 3394e894880a60338a2981dd688fd25e88d79667 (git)
Affected: 0 , < 6.12.111 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.18.53 (semver)
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Linux Linux Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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