7.8High
CVE-2026-89585
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: auxdisplay: charlcd: cancel backlight work on registration failure With CONFIG_CHARLCD_BL_FLASH, charlcd_init() schedules bl_work before charlcd_register() calls misc_register(). If registration fails, the caller frees the charlcd object while delayed work still contains its address. Add charlcd_deinit() to cancel the delayed work and turn the backlight off. Use it for both registration rollback and normal unregistration.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 5% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Assigned by
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-14
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22586432c1aba89d9bd33f3173408dac830f220b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eaed64a32e550daf0dc9549742b3ab9e41d984f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84858671842ae5857b9ed1202b62f9045373dcd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd97b3c68fe3c06c8067cc59d7dff976c5b7ea04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e3bf40916c1e810df03958cfa7ba6883cdce79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe7ba73dde94c5f413b1588cd444b49105015dda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff2fb3c1e60cb247ea3e28c0ea0bea81c18f7755