Tracker / CVE-2026-98157
CVE-2026-98157
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/device_sysfs: Use kstrtouint() for poll_msec to prevent truncation The poll_msec sysfs store file uses simple_strtoul() which accepts an unsigned long, but the target field (poll_msec) is unsigned int. On 64-bit systems, a value > UINT_MAX is silently truncated when stored. Fix the mismatch by using kstrtouint() instead. This rejects values larger than UINT_MAX at parse time, making truncation impossible. Also add a check for value < 1 to reject the 0-delay case, which would cause the poll work to spin without delay and consume 100% CPU.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.6.23 → 5.10.271 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.15 → 5.15.222 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.1 → 6.1.189 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.12 → 6.12.111 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.53 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.2.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.6 → 6.6.158 |
Analysis
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