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CVE-2026-45879: power: supply: bq25980: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 03d1e4ee4e6aa6d2966e883e4ca0e5be73bf1b7c, 0560a4b09c92e2ecaa883965cf6f9ca51c158ff9, 0de95d29d847c6217b7d5845e24a71a4aee7b359.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 03d1e4ee4e6aa6d2966e883e4ca0e5be73bf1b7c, 0560a4b09c92e2ecaa883965cf6f9ca51c158ff9, 0de95d29d847c6217b7d5845e24a71a4aee7b359 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: bq25980: 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.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 27, 2026
Updated
Jun 25, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernel5.10 and later · before 5.10.252
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.202
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.165
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.128
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.75
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.14
  • linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 6.19.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.10affected
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 86f93dfb23f5bf4f285c4256a7e909d222f7de56affected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 16875e3b7bc9e59bfa0acaf1e43f275a6f42a30faffected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 0560a4b09c92e2ecaa883965cf6f9ca51c158ff9affected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 0de95d29d847c6217b7d5845e24a71a4aee7b359affected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 4aeaf03c17260415c2fdd55992f9ad4188d5455aaffected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 03d1e4ee4e6aa6d2966e883e4ca0e5be73bf1b7caffected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before abea607ff2f62f4c0a5fb29f7fbdaaab163276a4affected · git
    • 5069185fc18e810715a91d80fcd075e03add600c and later · before 5f0b1cb41906e86b64bf69f5ededb83b0d757c27affected · git
    • before 5.10not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.170-16.1.170-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.85-16.12.85-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.18.14-16.18.14-1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux03d1e4ee4e6aa6d2966e883e4ca0e5be73bf1b7cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux0560a4b09c92e2ecaa883965cf6f9ca51c158ff9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux0de95d29d847c6217b7d5845e24a71a4aee7b359Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux16875e3b7bc9e59bfa0acaf1e43f275a6f42a30fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4aeaf03c17260415c2fdd55992f9ad4188d5455aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5f0b1cb41906e86b64bf69f5ededb83b0d757c27Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux86f93dfb23f5bf4f285c4256a7e909d222f7de56Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxabea607ff2f62f4c0a5fb29f7fbdaaab163276a4Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.170-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

c
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);

Fixed

c
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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