# CVE-2026-23186: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Fix deadlocks related...

CVE-2026-23186 is fixed in linux on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23186 (version 6.18.10-1), released February 14, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23186
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.5 (medium)
- EPSS: 0.0010
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Feb 14, 2026

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Fix deadlocks related to acpi_power_meter_notify()  The acpi_power_meter driver's .notify() callback function, acpi_power_meter_notify(), calls hwmon_device_unregister() under a lock that is also acquired by callbacks in sysfs attributes of the device being unregistered which is prone to deadlocks between sysfs access and device removal.  Address this by moving the hwmon device removal in acpi_power_meter_notify() outside the lock in question, but notice that doing it alone is not sufficient because two concurrent METER_NOTIFY_CONFIG notifications may be attempting to remove the same device at the same time.  To prevent that from happening, add a new lock serializing the execution of the switch () statement in acpi_power_meter_notify().  For simplicity, it is a static mutex which should not be a problem from the performance perspective.  The new lock also allows the hwmon_device_register_with_info() in acpi_power_meter_notify() to be called outside the inner lock because it prevents the other notifications handled by that function from manipulating the "resource" object while the hwmon device based on it is being registered.  The sending of ACPI netlink messages from acpi_power_meter_notify() is serialized by the new lock too which generally helps to ensure that the order of handling firmware notifications is the same as the order of sending netlink messages related to them.  In addition, notice that hwmon_device_register_with_info() may fail in which case resource->hwmon_dev will become an error pointer, so add checks to avoid attempting to unregister the hwmon device pointer to by it in that case to acpi_power_meter_notify() and acpi_power_meter_remove().

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.18.10-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23186](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-23186.md) | Feb 14, 2026 |

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