Bug 2532357 (CVE-2026-89468)

Summary:	CVE-2026-89468 kernel: power: supply: lp8788-charger: fix use-after-free on remove
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's lp8788-charger component. During the removal of the lp8788-charger, a race condition can occur where work can be queued and executed after the associated memory has been freed. This use-after-free vulnerability could lead to system instability or a denial of service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:31:19 UTC

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

power: supply: lp8788-charger: fix use-after-free on remove

lp8788_charger_remove() flushes charger_work before unregistering the
IRQs. An IRQ thread can queue charger_work after flush_work() has
returned. The work can then run after devres frees pchg and dereference
it in lp8788_charger_event().

Unregister the IRQs first. free_irq() waits for any running threaded
handler, so no handler can queue more work afterwards. Then use
cancel_work_sync() to cancel pending work or wait for running work to
finish.

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.