kernel: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove debugfs entries when probe fails

cve CVE-2026-97967 3 sources, 4 claims · Watch

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kernel: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove debugfs entries when probe fails the claim
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5.5 Red Hat
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CWE-825 Red Hat

How far exploitation has got

  1. No public code known
  2. Proof of concept
  3. Proof of concept, verified
  4. A Metasploit module
  5. Exploited in the wild
  6. Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-25first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove...GitHub advisories
2026-09-25first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove debugfs entries when probe fails ccp_debugfs_init() registers debugfs files whose private data is the devm allocated ccp. If hwmon_device_register_with_info() fails right after it, ccp_probe() returns without removing them: the HID core then frees ccp, and ccp_remove() is not called for a failed probe, so the files stay behind. Reading one of them dereferences the freed pointer. Remove the debugfs entries on that error path. debugfs_remove_recursive() waits for readers already inside the show callbacks, so ccp is no longer reachable through debugfs by the time probe returns.NVD
2026-09-25first spoke of it: kernel: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove debugfs entries when probe failsRed Hat

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kernel: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove debugfs entries when probe fails
zetlyn/cve-redhat · 2026-09-25
cvss 5.5 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H cwe CWE-825 severity moderate source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove debugfs entries when probe fails ccp_debugfs_init() registers debugfs files whose private data is the devm allocated ccp. If hwmon_device_register_with_info() fails right after it, ccp_probe() returns without removing them: the HID core then frees ccp, and ccp_remove() is not called for a failed probe, so the files stay behind. Reading one of them dereferences the freed pointer. Remove the debugfs entries on that error path. debugfs_remove_recursive() waits for readers already inside the show callbacks, so ccp is no longer reachable through debugfs by the time probe returns.
zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-25
product Linux status Received vendor Linux source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove...
zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25
severity unknown source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Remove...
zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25
severity unknown source