power: supply: ab8500: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: ab8500: 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()`. Commit 1c1f13a006ed ("power: supply: ab8500: Move to componentized binding") introduced this issue during a refactorization. Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_ the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.13.4 to before 5.14 | 5.14 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 5.14 and later | 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.13.4 to before 5.14 Fixed in 5.14 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.14 and later Fixed in 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.13.4 to before 5.15.202; 5.16 to before 6.1.165; 6.2 to before 6.6.128; 6.7 to before 6.12.75; 6.13 to before 6.18.14; 6.19 to before 6.19.4 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.13.4 to before 5.15.202; 5.16 to before 6.1.165; 6.2 to before 6.6.128; 6.7 to before 6.12.75; 6.13 to before 6.18.14; 6.19 to before 6.19.4 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.14
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45946
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp75-7gqm-j93m
References
Patch 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43cbb78ee047b9b12d096d40e3be265969d4c1f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551672981fe227122258a25a385a05f5c0746ad6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50433f2603def08b21a4bf2fd238687fb5cbde9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/847eeb6c0efcd76c7def73857cf798a4fcd8f79b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/709db4b476e254579d9c48ec34d397a41ca0c407
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46dbda27b028d78087667e8280966b99cec015ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4af8a98bb52825a5331ae1d0604c0ea6956ba4b
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Sources
- CVE-2026-45946 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45946 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wp75-7gqm-j93m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-45946 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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