Bug 2532410 (CVE-2026-89465)

Summary: CVE-2026-89465 kernel: power: supply: rt9455: quiesce delayed work before teardown
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: 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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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, specifically within the rt9455 power supply driver. This vulnerability occurs due to improper management of delayed tasks when the device is being removed or if its initialization fails. A pending task can attempt to access memory that has already been released, leading to a use-after-free condition. This could allow a local attacker to cause the system to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service, or potentially lead to privilege escalation.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:51:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

power: supply: rt9455: quiesce delayed work before teardown

The threaded IRQ handler can queue pwr_rdy_work,
max_charging_time_work and batt_presence_work.  pwr_rdy_work and
batt_presence_work can also queue max_charging_time_work, while
batt_presence_work can requeue itself.

rt9455_remove() cancels max_charging_time_work before
batt_presence_work.  The latter can therefore queue
max_charging_time_work after it has already been cancelled:

  rt9455_remove()                   workqueue
    cancel pwr_rdy_work
    cancel max_charging_time_work
                                      batt_presence_work queues
                                        max_charging_time_work
    cancel batt_presence_work
    return
    devres frees rt9455_info
                                      max_charging_time_work dereferences
                                        rt9455_info

The IRQ also remains registered until devres cleanup and can queue more
work after any of the cancellation calls.  If rt9455_hw_init() fails
after the IRQ has been requested, probe returns without cancelling work
that may already have been queued.  A pending callback can then access
rt9455_info after it has been freed.

Register rt9455_cancel_all_delayed_works() through
devm_add_action_or_reset() right after devm_power_supply_register().
devres invokes the action in reverse registration order, after the
managed IRQ has been freed and before rt9455_info is released, so the
delayed works are drained in both rt9455_remove() and the probe error
path.  Cancel pwr_rdy_work and batt_presence_work before
max_charging_time_work because both can queue the latter.

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