CVE-2026-46270
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416
Use After Free
Publication date:
03/06/2026
Last modified:
09/06/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
power: supply: rt9455: 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
8.40
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2 (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/2178dc65d45e2f7bcaa8af8d80d100419bdab251
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d753b916bd500bb269b7078cdab73198ab4718
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e15155095f39f4dec9b4659da1238ef8fc54d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/721449a15170fc5f028a7576d7f65b9f60d53482
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a39f8f06216f73ef40e71e2fe4ad071964c1fd36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af261f218a7606f93d2c786353d60bb4feb56ef0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4e2e3c3caa26b93aa9f36d0a6824b584e2a8dfc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2febe375e5ea5afed92f4cd9711bde8f24ee6d2



