CVE-2026-90136

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Reject negative power cap writes in hwmon hsmp_hwmon_write() takes the user-supplied hwmon value as a signed long and assigns "val / MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT" to msg.args[0], which is a __u32. MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT is an unsigned long, so a negative write to power1_cap (e.g. "echo -1 > power1_cap") is first converted to a huge unsigned value by the division and then stored into the u32 argument. As a result a nonsensical, multi-gigawatt socket power limit is sent to the SMU via HSMP_SET_SOCKET_POWER_LIMIT instead of the write being rejected. Reject negative values with -EINVAL before the conversion. Tested with HSMP enabled: CAP=$(dirname $(grep -l amd_hsmp_hwmon \ /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*/name | head -1))/power1_cap # negative write echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" # valid positive write must still work echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" Before: # echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" ret=0 <- accepted; bogus limit sent to SMU # echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" ret=0 After: # echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument ret=1 <- rejected with -EINVAL # echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo "ret=$?" ret=0 <- valid write still works

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:06.173000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:19:03.377000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-90136",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:06.173",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:03.377",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86/amd/hsmp: Reject negative power cap writes in hwmon\n\nhsmp_hwmon_write() takes the user-supplied hwmon value as a signed long\nand assigns \"val / MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT\" to msg.args[0], which is a\n__u32.  MICROWATT_PER_MILLIWATT is an unsigned long, so a negative write\nto power1_cap (e.g. \"echo -1 > power1_cap\") is first converted to a huge\nunsigned value by the division and then stored into the u32 argument.\n\nAs a result a nonsensical, multi-gigawatt socket power limit is sent to\nthe SMU via HSMP_SET_SOCKET_POWER_LIMIT instead of the write being\nrejected.\n\nReject negative values with -EINVAL before the conversion.\n\nTested with HSMP enabled:\n\n  CAP=$(dirname $(grep -l amd_hsmp_hwmon \\\n        /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*/name | head -1))/power1_cap\n\n  # negative write\n  echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo \"ret=$?\"\n  # valid positive write must still work\n  echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo \"ret=$?\"\n\nBefore:\n  # echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo \"ret=$?\"\n  ret=0                             <- accepted; bogus limit sent to SMU\n  # echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo \"ret=$?\"\n  ret=0\n\nAfter:\n  # echo -1000000 > $CAP ; echo \"ret=$?\"\n  bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument\n  ret=1                             <- rejected with -EINVAL\n  # echo 400000000 > $CAP ; echo \"ret=$?\"\n  ret=0                             <- valid write still works"
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