Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: pm8916_lbc: Fix use-after-free for extcon in IRQ handler
Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_` variant for allocating/registering the `extcon` handle, means that the `extcon` 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 `extcon` handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding unregistration of the IRQ handler has run.
This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `extcon_set_state_sync()` with a freed `extcon` handle. Which usually crashes the system or otherwise silently corrupts the memory...
Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_ the registration of the `extcon` 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 | >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < 9fab0120907e6965168e55b1e17cb9dfaf262b86; >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < 47abfc207ab02cf1297257e282e8048da63f0d08; >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < 48e0f68b50c344bb2d78d65dd98f93e41276ee00; >= f8d7a3d21160a0cab4d15b81231f2a76b0fcee13, < 23067259919663580c6f81801847cfc7bd54fd1f |
| Linux | Linux | 6.7 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23067259919663580c6f81801847cfc7bd54fd1fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47abfc207ab02cf1297257e282e8048da63f0d08Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48e0f68b50c344bb2d78d65dd98f93e41276ee00Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fab0120907e6965168e55b1e17cb9dfaf262b86Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 3, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 22, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed