CVE-2026-72395

hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2c77ae315f3ce9d2c8e1609be74c9358c1fe4e074e9d723d9f198b86f6882a84c501ba1f39e8d0556.1.1916.12.926.18.216.19.116.6.1437.0754bd2b4a084b90b5e7b630e1f423061a9b9b761acf04e2863132f6d9222f71f3a76fb9782cbe061b26849cffaa7c43355b82e9bef3725e786973a1af0c9ea9c3a208e79c812e10e2bcef87b46564f01
Vendor states this is fixed in 2106bf4056858fcce3624e0c51f6fee4d41d3f2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 489291b6b56978cc50d34e8e13f9636ea296ba8a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 48fe43666950efefb7ac5fbdc012c1b3604096bf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9ef7dacd44216bf5ea05c8aef49eba4d145f4047 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b0ff6b6ae9c5183ef701ece7016698bde5a5bfba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

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