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CVE-2026-74687 (GCVE-0-2026-74687)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:32 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:41
VLAI
Title
watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: prevent timer rearm during teardown
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: prevent timer rearm during teardown at91_ping() rearms the watchdog timer from its callback. timer_delete() neither waits for a running callback nor prevents it from rearming the timer, so probe failure or driver removal can leave the timer accessing the devm-allocated at91wdt after it has been freed. Use timer_shutdown_sync() on both teardown paths. It waits for a running callback and rejects any attempt by the callback to rearm the timer.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 , < 29fe74c9aa69d78c1c6a3930f1d9fc5db71a6eed (git)
Affected: 5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 , < b7949b0a7d998013b7ec8617a0ef5b07cca80be4 (git)
Affected: 5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 , < 8444d66aa6b6e7fe0a26fa1a00a11cb4d0523783 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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