CVE-2026-90101: bnxt_en: Fix call to hardware monitoring event handler

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90101DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90101
Published 17-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-90101 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix call to hardware monitoring event handler The first parameter of hwmon_notify_event() is supposed to be the hardware monitoring device. The bnxt driver calls it with the platform device as first parameter instead. This API break results in undefined behavior and may result in a crash. Pass the hardware monitoring device as parameter instead to fix the problem.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu142 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.12.111-1 | < 7.2.6-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ a19b4801457b0806c0153dc344f548c6f8615896, < e3cad8389a72b8a309b5689c1683310126b0d7da | ≥ a19b4801457b0806c0153dc344f548c6f8615896, < 001ff5d8e68aacd91768b824b930dd7e68db6688 | ≥ a19b4801457b0806c0153dc344f548c6f8615896, < b17907ef665bc76a495a8f909f74656d3f32b7a2 | ≥ a19b4801457b0806c0153dc344f548c6f8615896, < 622d698df4239fef3e0eb51fe59f4198f957f28a | 6.7

3 vendors · 145 products

References

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