Bug 2559716 (CVE-2026-99022) - CVE-2026-99022 kernel: regulator: ltc3676: don't read the write-only HRST and CLIRQ registers
Summary: CVE-2026-99022 kernel: regulator: ltc3676: don't read the write-only HRST and...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99022
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-23 13:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-27 10:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 13:21:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

regulator: ltc3676: don't read the write-only HRST and CLIRQ registers

HRST (0x1e) and CLIRQ (0x1f) are write-only command strobes. Writing HRST
triggers a hard reset of the chip and writing CLIRQ clears the interrupt;
reading them returns nothing useful, and the read itself fires the command.

The result is that a plain register dump resets the board:

  cat /sys/kernel/debug/regmap/2-003c/registers

walks every readable register, hits HRST, and the board reboots.

Split the callback back in two so HRST and CLIRQ stay writable but are no
longer readable. The readable range is left unchanged
(LTC3676_BUCK1 ... LTC3676_IRQSTAT).


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