Bug 2532371 (CVE-2026-89474) - CVE-2026-89474 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in bq256xx power supply driver
Summary: CVE-2026-89474 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in bq256xx power supply d...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89474
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-11 22:36 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 22:53 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:36:37 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

power: supply: bq256xx: drain usb_work before freeing the charger

The USB-PHY notifier queues usb_work, whose handler calls
power_supply_changed(bq->charger). The reset devm action only unregisters
the notifier and was registered before the power supplies, so devm frees
bq->charger on unwind before the action runs; a usb_work still queued can
then dereference it.

Register the reset action after the power supplies, so it unregisters
the notifiers and drains usb_work before the supplies are released.
Initialize usb_work and obtain the PHY references before registering
the notifiers, so the worker cannot run before the supplies exist.

Found by static analysis.


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