Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: pm8916_bms_vm: 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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 098bce1838e0549228c8d426e5de72ec5594b5c4, < b69bb88e20c6f8e998dff3e13a316207f49d3fa2; >= 098bce1838e0549228c8d426e5de72ec5594b5c4, < a8b7117ae3a791c6a328674d05a06cd45d8241bd; >= 098bce1838e0549228c8d426e5de72ec5594b5c4, < 17db6b3abd823c9fba3f3413c4f0f432d99d49dc; >= 098bce1838e0549228c8d426e5de72ec5594b5c4, < 62914959b35e9a1e29cc0f64cb8cfc5075a5366f |
| Linux | Linux | 6.7 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17db6b3abd823c9fba3f3413c4f0f432d99d49dcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62914959b35e9a1e29cc0f64cb8cfc5075a5366fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8b7117ae3a791c6a328674d05a06cd45d8241bdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69bb88e20c6f8e998dff3e13a316207f49d3fa2Patch
Timeline
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Last modified
- Jun 25, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed