CVE-2022-50250

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: core: fix use_count leakage when handling boot-on I found a use_count leakage towards supply regulator of rdev with boot-on option. ┌───────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────┐ │ regulator_dev A │ │ regulator_dev B │ │ (boot-on) │ │ (boot-on) │ │ use_count=0 │◀──supply──│ use_count=1 │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────────┘ └───────────────────┘ In case of rdev(A) configured with `regulator-boot-on', the use_count of supplying regulator(B) will increment inside regulator_enable(rdev->supply). Thus, B will acts like always-on, and further balanced regulator_enable/disable cannot actually disable it anymore. However, B was also configured with `regulator-boot-on', we wish it could be disabled afterwards.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-09-15 | Published 2025-09-15 | Updated 2025-09-15 | Assigner Linux

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References

git.kernel.org/...c/dc3391d49479bc2bf8a2b88dbf86fdd800882fee

git.kernel.org/...c/5bfc53df288e8ea54ca6866fb92034214940183f

git.kernel.org/...c/4b737246ff50f810d6ab4be13c1388a07f0c14b1

git.kernel.org/...c/feb847e6591e8c7a09cc39721cc9ca74fd9a5d80

git.kernel.org/...c/4dd6e1cc9c7403f1ee1b7eee85bc31b797ae8347

git.kernel.org/...c/bc6c381df5793ebcf32db88a3e65acf7870379fc

git.kernel.org/...c/0591b14ce0398125439c759f889647369aa616a0

cve.org (CVE-2022-50250)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50250)

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