CVE-2026-80711

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: max17040: handle missing status supplier MAX17040 does not report charger state itself, so the driver forwards POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_STATUS to a supplier power supply. If no supplier is registered, power_supply_get_property_from_supplier() returns -ENODEV and leaves the output value untouched. max17040_get_property() currently ignores that error and returns success, so userspace can read an uninitialized status value from the battery power supply. This happens on systems that use the fuel gauge without a charger supplier relationship in firmware. Return POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_UNKNOWN when no supplier provides STATUS, and propagate other supplier lookup errors.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2ea0c452edc0930e7395b080dccd5a1cb965e1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b039f13e095d28a64ca6b21d0ee5440d8b048f37

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91ac995a6f4ddf4f92b231b080544abf23a9b871

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/725668c6b6aa3971fe850659102c250d0d676e18

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-28

Updated: 2026-08-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00156