HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-45916
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CVE-2026-45916

Published: May 27, 2026· Updated: May 27, 2026

Official Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

power: supply: sbs-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. Keep the old behavior of

just printing a warning in case of any failures during the IRQ request

and finishing the probe successfully.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-45916 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

Affected Vendors & Products

Mentioned vendors (from description):
Linux
CPE data not yet available in NVD for this CVE.

Exploit & PoC Resources

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Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-45916
SeverityNONE
CISA KEVNo
PublishedMay 27, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
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  • Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
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