CVE-2026-90178

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 3 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (coretemp) Fix core_data leak on CPUs without PTS

pdata->core_data is allocated in init_temp_data() when the first core temp_data of a package is created, but it is only released from destroy_temp_data(), and only in the branch that handles the package temp_data.

Package temp_data is created solely when the CPU supports X86_FEATURE_PTS. On a CPU without it, coretemp_cpu_online() never calls coretemp_add_core() with pkg_flag set, so pdata->pkg_data stays NULL. coretemp_cpu_offline() then skips the removal of the package interface, destroy_temp_data() is never called for package data, and the array is still allocated when coretemp_device_remove() frees the platform data that pointed at it.

Release the array in coretemp_device_remove(). destroy_temp_data() sets pdata->core_data to NULL when it frees it, so the added kfree() is a no-op on CPUs that do have PTS.

Tested on an Intel Core i5-1135G7. The driver was instrumented to log every allocation and release of pdata->core_data, and the PTS check in coretemp_cpu_online() was patched out to emulate a CPU without package thermal support. Without this change the array was allocated and never released, and coretemp_device_remove() still saw a non-NULL pointer. With it the array is released and the pointer accounting balances. On an unmodified build the release still happens via the package temp_data and the added kfree() sees NULL, with no slab warnings over repeated module load and unload cycles.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
10th
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90178(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-02 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-29 05:28 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-29 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-26 08:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-23 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-20 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-20 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-17 17:23 UTCNVD update
  23. 2026-09-17 16:43 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-17 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-90178?
CVE-2026-90178 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (coretemp) Fix core_data leak on CPUs without PTS pdata->coredata is allocated in inittemp_data() when the first core temp_data of a package is created, but it is only released from destroytempdata(), and only in the branch…
When was CVE-2026-90178 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90178 was first published on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90178 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90178 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (10th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90178?
A fix for CVE-2026-90178 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-90178 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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