{"id":"CVE-2026-45869","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-45869","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:15:22.481Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: wm97xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in power_supply_changed() In `probe()`, `request_irq()` is called before allocating/registering a `power_supply` handle.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: supply: wm97xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in power_supply_changed()\n\nIn `probe()`, `request_irq()` is called before allocating/registering a\n`power_supply` handle. If an interrupt is fired between the call to\n`request_irq()` and `power_supply_register()`, the `power_supply` handle\nwill be used uninitialized in `power_supply_changed()` in\n`wm97xx_bat_update()` (triggered from the interrupt handler). This will\nlead to a `NULL` pointer dereference since\n\nFix this racy `NULL` pointer dereference by making sure the IRQ is\nrequested _after_ the registration of the `power_supply` handle. Since\nthe IRQ is the last thing requests in the `probe()` now, remove the\nerror path for freeing it. Instead add one for unregistering the\n`power_supply` handle when IRQ request fails.","published":"2026-05-27T14:17:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-25T21:06:30.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05192,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39fe0eac6d755ef215026518985fcf8de9360e9e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7b5391bb95505b3581c1fb77150c467ab92864","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/438f9a303ea8b55162b2d5376490c2ab3ec165a0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86183153c299e8bb1839e717286d6c6f39508a59","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bdf715d33cf5ee01c58e8546c2469c71ce082a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b7d77cb046b4487e8e511e04e62b6f416ce845c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0def811ad8d642dca9b6d31a198cc39f5f90837","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaf235d5a6b60cbf115a14a656946303ad007b7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45869","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}