CVE-2026-45869

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: wm97xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in power_supply_changed() In `probe()`, `request_irq()` is called before allocating/registering a `power_supply` handle. If an interrupt is fired between the call to `request_irq()` and `power_supply_register()`, the `power_supply` handle will be used uninitialized in `power_supply_changed()` in `wm97xx_bat_update()` (triggered from the interrupt handler). This will lead to a `NULL` pointer dereference since Fix this racy `NULL` pointer dereference by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_ the registration of the `power_supply` handle. Since the IRQ is the last thing requests in the `probe()` now, remove the error path for freeing it. Instead add one for unregistering the `power_supply` handle when IRQ request fails.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaf235d5a6b60cbf115a14a656946303ad007b7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0def811ad8d642dca9b6d31a198cc39f5f90837

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b7d77cb046b4487e8e511e04e62b6f416ce845c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bdf715d33cf5ee01c58e8546c2469c71ce082a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86183153c299e8bb1839e717286d6c6f39508a59

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/438f9a303ea8b55162b2d5376490c2ab3ec165a0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7b5391bb95505b3581c1fb77150c467ab92864

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39fe0eac6d755ef215026518985fcf8de9360e9e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-27

Updated: 2026-05-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024