Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: sbs-battery: 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. Keep the old behavior of just printing a warning in case of any failures during the IRQ request and finishing the probe successfully.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < ca7dd71773e4e050b0fb98768b7eae60f8d1f38b; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < f1f472b14ad56104ba228b8fbec60d5b21829913; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < 8010b745b436c3e1ca5dd960aa29fa3e0f6d8841; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < 2078830c32d1e49ac942c6f8c21f35c806ae5e94; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < 82d3eb97a976c9d56bb92b241397610e57a9c629; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < 861dda7a9074c0ff67788928165ae39d7f647491; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < 14d4dee5d8fb361bfff275832087254beab66d72; >= d2cec82c28802da31596b395ad292cb8f132fd63, < 8d59cf3887fbabacef53bfba473e33e8a8d9d07b |
| Linux | Linux | 4.9 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d4dee5d8fb361bfff275832087254beab66d72Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2078830c32d1e49ac942c6f8c21f35c806ae5e94Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8010b745b436c3e1ca5dd960aa29fa3e0f6d8841Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82d3eb97a976c9d56bb92b241397610e57a9c629Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/861dda7a9074c0ff67788928165ae39d7f647491Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d59cf3887fbabacef53bfba473e33e8a8d9d07bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca7dd71773e4e050b0fb98768b7eae60f8d1f38bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1f472b14ad56104ba228b8fbec60d5b21829913Patch
Timeline
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Last modified
- Jun 24, 2026
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis