CVE-2026-23186

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: acpipowermeter Fix deadlocks related to acpipowermeternotify The acpipowermeter driver's .notify callback function, acpipowermeternotify, calls hwmondeviceunregister under a lock that is also acquired by callbacks in sysfs...

CVE-2026-23186

CVE-2026-23186 pertains to the Linux kernel hwmon driver for the ACPI power meter. The issue arises when acpi_power_meter_notify() calls hwmon_device_unregister() while holding a lock also acquired by sysfs callbacks, creating potential deadlocks between sysfs access and device removal. Fixes inc...

CVE-2026-23186

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: acpipowermeter Fix deadlocks related to acpipowermeternotify The acpipowermeter driver's .notify callback function, acpipowermeternotify, calls hwmondeviceunregister under a lock that is also acquired by callbacks in sysfs...

New Technique Complicates Mutex Malware Analysis

Malware analysts have had a measure of success using static mutex values as a fingerprint for detecting and blocking malicious code. These values are used in programming to enable software to synchronize communication between multiple threads or processes, or to determine whether another instance...