CVE-2026-45867
Published: May 27, 2026
Modified: May 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: act8945a: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed() Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_` variant for allocating/registering the `power_supply` handle, means that the `power_supply` handle will be deallocated/unregistered _before_ the interrupt handler (since `devm_` naturally deallocates in reverse allocation order). This means that during removal, there is a race condition where an interrupt can fire just _after_ the `power_supply` handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding unregistration of the IRQ handler has run. This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `power_supply_changed()` with a freed `power_supply` handle. Which usually crashes the system or otherwise silently corrupts the memory... Note that there is a similar situation which can also happen during `probe()`; the possibility of an interrupt firing _before_ registering the `power_supply` handle. This would then lead to the nasty situation of using the `power_supply` handle *uninitialized* in `power_supply_changed()`. Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_ the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected a09209acd6a808794bdd7866af3678d1fd1d90e7 - < f2a0777b1e5a3cee1712c4d3e9095c0df8fc8cb3affected a09209acd6a808794bdd7866af3678d1fd1d90e7 - < 0768e8525a46df103647ca5059b32320d7fd17e4affected a09209acd6a808794bdd7866af3678d1fd1d90e7 - < d023ef9f748b2090f7a9dbdd5c622b6ad99088eaaffected a09209acd6a808794bdd7866af3678d1fd1d90e7 - < 697bb5dc0cb4791e244f3970b067bc1ef33be9d9affected a09209acd6a808794bdd7866af3678d1fd1d90e7 - < 76a42ba547a9b2e2337894f67a4d9247445007d5+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.9unaffected 0 - < 4.9unaffected 5.10.252 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.202 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.165 - <= 6.1.*+5 more versions |
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