CVE-2026-31486

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus/core) Protect regulator operations with mutex The regulator operations pmbus_regulator_get_voltage(), pmbus_regulator_set_voltage(), and pmbus_regulator_list_voltage() access PMBus registers and shared data but were not protected by the update_lock mutex. This could lead to race conditions. However, adding mutex protection directly to these functions causes a deadlock because pmbus_regulator_notify() (which calls regulator_notifier_call_chain()) is often called with the mutex already held (e.g., from pmbus_fault_handler()). If a regulator callback then calls one of the now-protected voltage functions, it will attempt to acquire the same mutex. Rework pmbus_regulator_notify() to utilize a worker function to send notifications outside of the mutex protection. Events are stored as atomics in a per-page bitmask and processed by the worker. Initialize the worker and its associated data during regulator registration, and ensure it is cancelled on device removal using devm_add_action_or_reset(). While at it, remove the unnecessary include of linux/of.h.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c77ae315f3ce9d2c8e1609be74c9358c1fe4e07
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9d723d9f198b86f6882a84c501ba1f39e8d055
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/754bd2b4a084b90b5e7b630e1f423061a9b9b761
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31486.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31486
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acf04e2863132f6d9222f71f3a76fb9782cbe061

CWEs

CWE-667