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.
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 | >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < dbe579e620ef0f53db490ec79a8566e4ea8918ac; >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < 08e674e9862a2db46fb234eb7c5442455ece0131; >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < d7d31fc99d248d5f47588f50dce5c7599c991c6a; >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < b7508129978ae1e2ed9b0410396abc05def9c4eb |
| Linux | Linux | 6.7 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08e674e9862a2db46fb234eb7c5442455ece0131Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7508129978ae1e2ed9b0410396abc05def9c4ebPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7d31fc99d248d5f47588f50dce5c7599c991c6aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbe579e620ef0f53db490ec79a8566e4ea8918acPatch
Timeline
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Last modified
- Jun 24, 2026
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis