Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-74687watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: prevent timer rearm during teardown

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: prevent timer rearm during teardown at91_ping() rearms the watchdog timer from its callback. timer_delete() neither waits for a running callback nor prevents it from rearming the timer, so probe failure or driver removal can leave the timer accessing the devm-allocated at91wdt after it has been freed. Use timer_shutdown_sync() on both teardown paths. It waits for a running callback and rejects any attempt by the callback to rearm the timer.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-74687
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74687
Debian:14linux7.1.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1036.39UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74687

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 – before f96c18a766477e5f33d51697963a5c8aed260dae5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 – before a9e0efcb1125e6b452c648671f15920c4955b6815161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 – before 1beb4dd6a30dea699e98990dd61f892ed1c0985e5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 – before 29fe74c9aa69d78c1c6a3930f1d9fc5db71a6eed5161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 – before b7949b0a7d998013b7ec8617a0ef5b07cca80be45161b31dc39a6d6dadc95f298de48a725b73ada8 – before 8444d66aa6b6e7fe0a26fa1a00a11cb4d0523783
Linux Linux 3.14

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