hwmon: (adt7470) Fix busy-loop and I2C flooding in update thread
When userspace configures 'auto_update_interval' to 0 via sysfs, the
background kthread executes schedule_timeout_interruptible(0), which
returns immediately.
If 'num_temp_sensors' is concurrently or previously set to 0, the
msleep_interruptible() delay inside adt7470_read_temperatures() also
becomes 0. This combination forces the background thread into a tight,
unbounded busy-loop, hogging the CPU and flooding the I2C bus with a
continuous stream of transactions.
Fix this vulnerability by raising the lower limit of the clamp_val in
auto_update_interval_store() from 0 to 500 milliseconds. This guarantees
a reasonable minimum sleep window between sensor updates, protecting the
system from intentional or accidental I2C bus denial of service.
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4777-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4788-1 | linux-6.12 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-6466-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8876-1 | Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8875-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8877-1 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8878-1 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8879-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8875-2 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9019-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9020-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9022-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9023-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9024-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9025-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9026-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9029-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9039-1 | Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9040-1 | Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9066-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-9091-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities |
Solution
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Workaround
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Sat, 07 Nov 2026 07:30:00 +0000
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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-606 |
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (adt7470) Fix busy-loop and I2C flooding in update thread When userspace configures 'auto_update_interval' to 0 via sysfs, the background kthread executes schedule_timeout_interruptible(0), which returns immediately. If 'num_temp_sensors' is concurrently or previously set to 0, the msleep_interruptible() delay inside adt7470_read_temperatures() also becomes 0. This combination forces the background thread into a tight, unbounded busy-loop, hogging the CPU and flooding the I2C bus with a continuous stream of transactions. Fix this vulnerability by raising the lower limit of the clamp_val in auto_update_interval_store() from 0 to 500 milliseconds. This guarantees a reasonable minimum sleep window between sensor updates, protecting the system from intentional or accidental I2C bus denial of service. | |
| Title | hwmon: (adt7470) Fix busy-loop and I2C flooding in update thread | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-06T17:05:48.230Z
Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.915Z
Link: CVE-2026-74547
Updated: 2026-11-06T16:59:35.524Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T13:18:00.057
Modified: 2026-11-06T17:19:50.763
Link: CVE-2026-74547
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-21T19:30:05Z
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN