CVE-2026-45867
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: act8945a: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed() Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_` variant for allocating/registering the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: act8945a: 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0768e8525a46df103647ca5059b32320d7fd17e4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3291c51d4684d048dd2eb91b5b65fcfdaf72141fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/697bb5dc0cb4791e244f3970b067bc1ef33be9d9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76a42ba547a9b2e2337894f67a4d9247445007d5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c1bd466c514cb24ca6ef347c5aac76a13c4e1ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d023ef9f748b2090f7a9dbdd5c622b6ad99088eaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27eb76def5c07e4d7cc468b40741f19dafc83cePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2a0777b1e5a3cee1712c4d3e9095c0df8fc8cb3Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.