CVE-2026-45938
Published: May 27, 2026
Modified: May 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: pm8916_lbc: 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 f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13 - < dbe579e620ef0f53db490ec79a8566e4ea8918acaffected f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13 - < 08e674e9862a2db46fb234eb7c5442455ece0131affected f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13 - < d7d31fc99d248d5f47588f50dce5c7599c991c6aaffected f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13 - < b7508129978ae1e2ed9b0410396abc05def9c4eb |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.7unaffected 0 - < 6.7unaffected 6.12.75 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.18.14 - <= 6.18.*unaffected 6.19.4 - <= 6.19.*+1 more versions |
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