CVE-2026-45936

System crash via goldfish IRQ use-after-free

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026

Use-after-free in the Linux Kernel goldfish battery driver allows local users to crash the system or corrupt kernel memory during device teardown. The driver requests its IRQ before registering the power-supply handle, so reverse-managed cleanup can free the handle while the interrupt handler remains registered and passes it to power_supply_changed(). Reachability requires the Goldfish battery driver and an interrupt during the narrow probe or removal lifecycle window.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in the Linux Kernel goldfish battery driver allows local users to crash the system or corrupt kernel memory during device teardown. The driver requests its IRQ before registering the power-supply handle, so reverse-managed cleanup can free the handle while the interrupt handler remains registered and passes it to power_supply_changed(). Reachability requires the Goldfish battery driver and an interrupt during the narrow probe or removal lifecycle window.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-45936
Published
May 27, 2026
Updated
May 27, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux Kernel
Classifications
CWE-416, T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=3.9
  2. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <0b29ffe4090a3fc7a7649de20e1eb1e53adddac7
  3. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <33751e28842bf5aee5ef7b2b8d5e456a069095cb
  4. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <4350505e82b4f972ddb788e1c712c557c38859d0
  5. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <589d4fe56713c6344cd9f8939f9c7621c85f0966
  6. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <77ea437faa4c06362e3ecfd2d7264eaa7ac1e82c
  7. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <8c89aade8335e26a6a7dcda18992d15f51943927
  8. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <b2ce982e2e0c888dc55c888ad0e20ea04daf2e6b
  9. Affected versionversion=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <bad8b61eb5059acd88349680e47839342dc89e94

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linux Kernelversion=3.9; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <0b29ffe4090a3fc7a7649de20e1eb1e53adddac7; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <33751e28842bf5aee5ef7b2b8d5e456a069095cb; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <4350505e82b4f972ddb788e1c712c557c38859d0; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <589d4fe56713c6344cd9f8939f9c7621c85f0966; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <77ea437faa4c06362e3ecfd2d7264eaa7ac1e82c; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <8c89aade8335e26a6a7dcda18992d15f51943927; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <b2ce982e2e0c888dc55c888ad0e20ea04daf2e6b; version=84d7b768748943db2bb658b43931fdab04c224cc <bad8b61eb5059acd88349680e47839342dc89e94

Published CVSS scores

7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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