CVE-2025-39771

CVE-2025-39771

Medium · published September 11, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

regulator: pca9450: Use devm_register_sys_off_handler

With module test, there is error dump:

------------[ cut here ]------------

notifier callback pca9450_i2c_restart_handler already registered

WARNING: kernel/notifier.c:23 at notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x88,

CPU#0: kworker/u16:3/50

Call trace:

notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x88 (P)

atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x30/0x58

register_restart_handler+0x1c/0x28

pca9450_i2c_probe+0x418/0x538

i2c_device_probe+0x220/0x3d0

really_probe+0x114/0x410

__driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x150

driver_probe_device+0x40/0x114

__device_attach_driver+0xd4/0x12c

So use devm_register_sys_off_handler to let kernel handle the resource

free to avoid kernel dump.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00130 · 2.4th percentile
Published
2025-09-11T21:15Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.16, < 6.16.46.16.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 16:56Z
    regulator: pca9450: Use devm_register_sys_off_handler
    cvelistv5