CVE-2026-45885

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: cpcap-battery: 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.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

25 Jun 2026, 21:13

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-416
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2841bbb5a35c4449c0a0458e8e476b2a62f95147 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2841bbb5a35c4449c0a0458e8e476b2a62f95147 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce2334be155bd8bad6377e99984246ce4dbd08c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce2334be155bd8bad6377e99984246ce4dbd08c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ff75cba1c98349a23a8f9333981deba1972cc11 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ff75cba1c98349a23a8f9333981deba1972cc11 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/642f33e34b969eedec334738fd5df95d2dc42742 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/642f33e34b969eedec334738fd5df95d2dc42742 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c549dd3de4b3f6e726d1b8386d40ccf7d3abdbe4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c549dd3de4b3f6e726d1b8386d40ccf7d3abdbe4 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb9b07f88a9ef6518934c41eb3e8cf840d657d5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb9b07f88a9ef6518934c41eb3e8cf840d657d5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e261be6f18929f2397cd54cd583a2df624c129c1 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e261be6f18929f2397cd54cd583a2df624c129c1 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3fbe309c9bfe1aac1e2b26543e9dc4829f3275a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3fbe309c9bfe1aac1e2b26543e9dc4829f3275a - Patch
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

27 May 2026, 14:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 14:17

Updated : 2026-06-25 21:13


NVD link : CVE-2026-45885

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45885

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45885


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416

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