CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-89473
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: bq25890: Fix power_supply reference leak
bq25890_fw_probe() acquires a reference to a secondary charger using
power_supply_get_by_name(), but the reference is not released on later
probe failures or on driver detach.
In particular, failures after bq25890_fw_probe() returns successfully,
such as a failure in bq25890_hw_init(), also leak the reference.
Register a device-managed cleanup action immediately after acquiring
the secondary charger. This releases the reference on all subsequent
probe failures and on driver detach.
Found by code review.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/238320ad029a3eedabb86286a28cab55bca629b9 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58f1025eca92734eadc063715b98f62538286468 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b558afda9321c1a70971a39071d156f3e26950 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/863c32a83e4235eb0cbf6106f2b124e645302156 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976c10d883a02968f3f58be0cee499d1fd2ba68a git.kernel.org