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CVE-2026-89473

power: supply: bq25890: Fix power_supply reference leak

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • d54bf877fd878ee45cbc88d399fb98b0b1c4484d to < 976c10d883a02968f3f58be0cee499d1fd2ba68aaffected
  • d54bf877fd878ee45cbc88d399fb98b0b1c4484d to < 81b558afda9321c1a70971a39071d156f3e26950affected
  • d54bf877fd878ee45cbc88d399fb98b0b1c4484d to < 238320ad029a3eedabb86286a28cab55bca629b9affected
  • d54bf877fd878ee45cbc88d399fb98b0b1c4484d to < 58f1025eca92734eadc063715b98f62538286468affected
  • d54bf877fd878ee45cbc88d399fb98b0b1c4484d to < 863c32a83e4235eb0cbf6106f2b124e645302156affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.3affected
  • 0 to < 6.3unaffected
  • 6.6.157 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.109 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.50 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.4 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References