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power: supply: twl4030_charger: cancel workers via devm

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: twl4030_charger: cancel workers via devm bci is devm-allocated. Two workers (bci->work and bci->current_worker) dereference it. twl4030_bci_remove() disables charging and masks interrupts. It cancels neither worker. A worker pending at remove() can run after devm frees bci. The USB transceiver comes from devm_usb_get_phy_by_node(). devm unregisters its notifier only after remove() returns. A cancel_work_sync() in remove() can then race a notifier reschedule. devm_work_autocancel() and devm_delayed_work_autocancel() avoid that. They cancel the workers during devm release, before bci is freed. The current_worker is registered first, since devm will cancel in reverse order and bci->work can reschedule current_worker. [Move comment about order into the commit message]

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 6.6.157, 7.2.4
CVEs
CVE-2026-89464
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 23:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

power: supply: twl4030_charger: cancel workers via devm

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Sept 2026, 19:43 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: twl4030_charger: cancel workers via devm bci is devm-allocated. Two workers (bci->work and bci->current_worker) dereference it. twl4030_bci_remove() disables charging and masks interrupts. It cancels neither worker. A worker pending at remove() can run after devm frees bci. The USB transceiver comes from devm_usb_get_phy_by_node(). devm unregisters its notifier only after remove() returns. A cancel_work_sync() in remove() can then race a notifier reschedule. devm_work_autocancel() and devm_delayed_work_autocancel() avoid that. They cancel the workers during devm release, before bci is freed. The current_worker is registered first, since devm will cancel in reverse order and bci->work can reschedule current_worker. [Move comment about order into the commit message]

osv:CVE-2026-89464

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4

Complete source record
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