In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: bq27xxx: Fix poll_interval handling and races on remove
Before this patch bq27xxx_battery_teardown() was setting poll_interval = 0
to avoid bq27xxx_battery_update() requeuing the delayed_work item.
There are 2 problems with this:
1. If the driver is unbound through sysfs, rather then the module being
rmmod-ed, this changes poll_interval unexpectedly
2. This is racy, after it being set poll_interval could be changed
before bq27xxx_battery_update() checks it through
/sys/module/bq27xxx_battery/parameters/poll_interval
Fix this by added a removed attribute to struct bq27xxx_device_info and
using that instead of setting poll_interval to 0.
There also is another poll_interval related race on remove(), writing
/sys/module/bq27xxx_battery/parameters/poll_interval will requeue
the delayed_work item for all devices on the bq27xxx_battery_devices
list and the device being removed was only removed from that list
after cancelling the delayed_work item.
Fix this by moving the removal from the bq27xxx_battery_devices list
to before cancelling the delayed_work item.
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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: bq27xxx: Fix poll_interval handling and races on remove Before this patch bq27xxx_battery_teardown() was setting poll_interval = 0 to avoid bq27xxx_battery_update() requeuing the delayed_work item. There are 2 problems with this: 1. If the driver is unbound through sysfs, rather then the module being rmmod-ed, this changes poll_interval unexpectedly 2. This is racy, after it being set poll_interval could be changed before bq27xxx_battery_update() checks it through /sys/module/bq27xxx_battery/parameters/poll_interval Fix this by added a removed attribute to struct bq27xxx_device_info and using that instead of setting poll_interval to 0. There also is another poll_interval related race on remove(), writing /sys/module/bq27xxx_battery/parameters/poll_interval will requeue the delayed_work item for all devices on the bq27xxx_battery_devices list and the device being removed was only removed from that list after cancelling the delayed_work item. Fix this by moving the removal from the bq27xxx_battery_devices list to before cancelling the delayed_work item. | |
| Title | power: supply: bq27xxx: Fix poll_interval handling and races on remove | |
| First Time appeared |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-12-24T13:06:11.956Z
Updated: 2025-12-24T13:06:11.956Z
Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.514Z
Link: CVE-2023-54079
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Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:09.750
Modified: 2025-12-24T13:16:09.750
Link: CVE-2023-54079
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