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CVE-2026-72395NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core
Sashiko reports:
Commit 754bd2b4a084 ("hwmon: (pmbus/core) Protect regulator operations with
mutex") introduced a worker to batch regulator events over time using
atomic_or(). The delayed worker then passes the combined bitmask unmodified
to regulator_notifier_call_chain().
The core regulator subsystem's regulator_handle_critical() function
evaluates the event parameter using a strict switch statement. If
multiple distinct faults occur before the worker runs (e.g.,
REGULATOR_EVENT_UNDER_VOLTAGE | REGULATOR_EVENT_OVER_CURRENT), the combined
bitmask fails to match any case. This leaves the reason as NULL and
completely bypasses the critical hw_protection_trigger().
Fix the problem by passing events bit by bit to the regulator event
handler.
hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core
Sashiko reports:
Commit 754bd2b4a084 ("hwmon: (pmbus/core) Protect regulator operations with
mutex") introduced a worker to batch regulator events over time using
atomic_or(). The delayed worker then passes the combined bitmask unmodified
to regulator_notifier_call_chain().
The core regulator subsystem's regulator_handle_critical() function
evaluates the event parameter using a strict switch statement. If
multiple distinct faults occur before the worker runs (e.g.,
REGULATOR_EVENT_UNDER_VOLTAGE | REGULATOR_EVENT_OVER_CURRENT), the combined
bitmask fails to match any case. This leaves the reason as NULL and
completely bypasses the critical hw_protection_trigger().
Fix the problem by passing events bit by bit to the regulator event
handler.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2106bf4056858fcce3624e0c51f6fee4d41d3f2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/489291b6b56978cc50d34e8e13f9636ea296ba8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48fe43666950efefb7ac5fbdc012c1b3604096bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ef7dacd44216bf5ea05c8aef49eba4d145f4047
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0ff6b6ae9c5183ef701ece7016698bde5a5bfba