hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 6.6.145, 7.1.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-72395
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 08:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Aug 2026, 05:56 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-72395
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
Complete source record
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