CVE-2025-38027

regulator: max20086: fix invalid memory access

published June 18, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

regulator: max20086: fix invalid memory access

max20086_parse_regulators_dt() calls of_regulator_match() using an

array of struct of_regulator_match allocated on the stack for the

matches argument.

of_regulator_match() calls devm_of_regulator_put_matches(), which calls

devres_alloc() to allocate a struct devm_of_regulator_matches which will

be de-allocated using devm_of_regulator_put_matches().

struct devm_of_regulator_matches is populated with the stack allocated

matches array.

If the device fails to probe, devm_of_regulator_put_matches() will be

called and will try to call of_node_put() on that stack pointer,

generating the following dmesg entries:

max20086 6-0028: Failed to read DEVICE_ID reg: -121

kobject: '\xc0$\xa5\x03' (000000002cebcb7a): is not initialized, yet

kobject_put() is being called.

Followed by a stack trace matching the call flow described above.

Switch to allocating the matches array using devm_kcalloc() to

avoid accessing the stack pointer long after it's out of scope.

This also has the advantage of allowing multiple max20086 to probe

without overriding the data stored inside the global of_regulator_match.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00202 · 9.6th percentile
Published
2025-06-18T09:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUN 09:28Z
    regulator: max20086: fix invalid memory access
    cvelistv5