CVE-2026-89473 json
power: supply: bq25890: Fix power_supply reference leak
published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-76379
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89473
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89473
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- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-100322
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/976c10d883a02968f3f58be0cee499d1fd2ba68a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b558afda9321c1a70971a39071d156f3e26950 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/238320ad029a3eedabb86286a28cab55bca629b9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/58f1025eca92734eadc063715b98f62538286468 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/863c32a83e4235eb0cbf6106f2b124e645302156 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-89473 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: power: supply: bq25890: Fix power_supply reference leak
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/976c10d883a02968f3f58be0cee499d1fd2ba68a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/81b558afda9321c1a70971a39071d156f3e26950
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/238320ad029a3eedabb86286a28cab55bca629b9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/58f1025eca92734eadc063715b98f62538286468
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/863c32a83e4235eb0cbf6106f2b124e645302156
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-89473
- NVD CVE-2026-89473
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