Not yet scoredPublished Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-74329watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:50 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: unregister PM notifier on watchdog unregister watchdog_register_device() registers wdd->pm_nb when WDOG_NO_PING_ON_SUSPEND is set, but watchdog_unregister_device() does not remove it. This leaves an embedded notifier block on the PM notifier chain after the watchdog device has been unregistered. A later suspend/resume notification can then call watchdog_pm_notifier() with a stale watchdog_device pointer, or at minimum after wdd->wd_data has been cleared by watchdog_dev_unregister(). Unregister the PM notifier before tearing down the watchdog device.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 before cd2d1b1f99308f7680d75a377daaff363f1cc736; 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 builds before 5d9b58ec6f5de5e159a570d419b1b08b3b9f854b; from 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 before 89184909634e50d086d86d8a0c03fc86fe8d889f; from 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 before e690afea5c876a4abfa2978c6a664460ed7d1217; from 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 before 298821692d447c2f7b1bc9ef41cd88a31bf56436; from 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 before c70b5bb6f04f77ef90e047d7edc2f476e206909f; from 60bcd91aafd22ef62cef9ae2037fa2e1d4da2fb3 before a298c7302ee9584a7a1ac1e8acbede8d98ab51a4	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd2d1b1f99308f7680d75a377daaff363f1cc736
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d9b58ec6f5de5e159a570d419b1b08b3b9f854b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89184909634e50d086d86d8a0c03fc86fe8d889f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e690afea5c876a4abfa2978c6a664460ed7d1217
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/298821692d447c2f7b1bc9ef41cd88a31bf56436
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c70b5bb6f04f77ef90e047d7edc2f476e206909f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a298c7302ee9584a7a1ac1e8acbede8d98ab51a4

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