CVE-2026-46021

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix thermal zone governor cleanup issues If thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() fails after adding a thermal governor to the thermal zone being registered, the governor is not removed from it as appropriate which may lead to a memory leak. In turn, thermal_zone_device_unregister() calls thermal_set_governor() without acquiring the thermal zone lock beforehand which may race with a governor update via sysfs and may lead to a use-after-free in that case. Address these issues by adding two thermal_set_governor() calls, one to thermal_release() to remove the governor from the given thermal zone, and one to the thermal zone registration error path to cover failures preceding the thermal zone device registration.

Affected products

Linux Kernel, Ubuntu, Opensuse Tumbleweed

Linux Linux Kernel

< 6.6.140, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS

0.1% (3th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-401

NVD status

Modified

Published

2026-05-27

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