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Linux EUVDEUVD-2026-32222

| CVE-2026-45938 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-05-27 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-6c7w-p9g8-2j35
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jun 24, 2026 - 19:32 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jun 24, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
7.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
May 27, 2026 - 19:46 EUVD
CVE Published
May 27, 2026 - 14:17 nvd
HIGH 7.8
CVE Published
May 27, 2026 - 14:17 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionNVD

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

power: supply: pm8916_lbc: 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.

AnalysisAI

Memory corruption in the Linux kernel's pm8916_lbc power-supply driver (Qualcomm PM8916 PMIC linear battery charger) stems from a use-after-free in power_supply_changed(), where devm-managed teardown ordering lets a charger interrupt fire against a freed or not-yet-initialized power_supply handle during driver probe or removal. Local attackers able to trigger device unbind/rebind or module load/unload can crash the system or silently corrupt kernel memory. EPSS is very low (0.02%) and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the issue is not in CISA KEV.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Not-Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Not-Affected

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EUVD-2026-32222 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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