CVE-2026-89468
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Description
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.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:19:27.910000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:20:17.067000
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"published": "2026-09-11T20:19:27.910",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:20:17.067",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: supply: lp8788-charger: fix use-after-free on remove\n\nlp8788_charger_remove() flushes charger_work before unregistering the\nIRQs. An IRQ thread can queue charger_work after flush_work() has\nreturned. The work can then run after devres frees pchg and dereference\nit in lp8788_charger_event().\n\nUnregister the IRQs first. free_irq() waits for any running threaded\nhandler, so no handler can queue more work afterwards. Then use\ncancel_work_sync() to cancel pending work or wait for running work to\nfinish.\n\nThis issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool."
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