CVE-2026-45869: Race Condition
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
The fix involves reordering the IRQ request to occur after power_supply registration to prevent the race condition. Until a patch is applied, users should monitor vendor advisories for updates.
Description
A race condition in the Linux kernel wm97xx power supply driver can cause a NULL pointer dereference. This occurs because an interrupt may trigger use of an uninitialized power_supply handle between requesting an IRQ and registering the power_supply. The issue is fixed by reordering operations to request the IRQ only after the power_supply handle is registered.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45869 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39fe0eac6d755ef215026518985fcf8de9360e9e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7b5391bb95505b3581c1fb77150c467ab92864 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/438f9a303ea8b55162b2d5376490c2ab3ec165a0 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86183153c299e8bb1839e717286d6c6f39508a59 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bdf715d33cf5ee01c58e8546c2469c71ce082a (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b7d77cb046b4487e8e511e04e62b6f416ce845c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0def811ad8d642dca9b6d31a198cc39f5f90837 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaf235d5a6b60cbf115a14a656946303ad007b7 (opens in a new tab)