CVE-2026-23283 regulator: fp9931: Fix PM runtime reference leak in fp9931_hwmon_read()

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A PM runtime reference leak in the fp9931 regulator driver can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-23283?

CVE-2026-23283 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

regulator: fp9931: Fix PM runtime reference leak in fp9931_hwmon_read()

In fp9931_hwmon_read(), if regmap_read() failed, the function returned the error code without calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(), causing a PM reference leak.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-23283?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-23283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23283, GHSA-xp6c-q838-c8v5, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23283.

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