CVE-2026-45936
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416
Use After Free
Publication date:
27/05/2026
Last modified:
24/06/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
power: supply: goldfish: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed()<br />
<br />
Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_`<br />
variant for allocating/registering the `power_supply` handle, means that<br />
the `power_supply` handle will be deallocated/unregistered _before_ the<br />
interrupt handler (since `devm_` naturally deallocates in reverse<br />
allocation order). This means that during removal, there is a race<br />
condition where an interrupt can fire just _after_ the `power_supply`<br />
handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding<br />
unregistration of the IRQ handler has run.<br />
<br />
This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `power_supply_changed()` with<br />
a freed `power_supply` handle. Which usually crashes the system or<br />
otherwise silently corrupts the memory...<br />
<br />
Note that there is a similar situation which can also happen during<br />
`probe()`; the possibility of an interrupt firing _before_ registering<br />
the `power_supply` handle. This would then lead to the nasty situation<br />
of using the `power_supply` handle *uninitialized* in<br />
`power_supply_changed()`.<br />
<br />
Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_<br />
the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.9 (including) | 5.10.252 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.202 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.165 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.128 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.75 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.18.14 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.19 (including) | 6.19.4 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b29ffe4090a3fc7a7649de20e1eb1e53adddac7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33751e28842bf5aee5ef7b2b8d5e456a069095cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4350505e82b4f972ddb788e1c712c557c38859d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589d4fe56713c6344cd9f8939f9c7621c85f0966
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77ea437faa4c06362e3ecfd2d7264eaa7ac1e82c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c89aade8335e26a6a7dcda18992d15f51943927
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2ce982e2e0c888dc55c888ad0e20ea04daf2e6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bad8b61eb5059acd88349680e47839342dc89e94



