CVE-2026-89936 PUBLISHED

iio: dac: m62332: Fix regulator reference count imbalance

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

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

iio: dac: m62332: Fix regulator reference count imbalance

m62332_set_value() enables the Vcc regulator on every write of a non-zero value and disables it on every write of zero, without tracking the channel's current state. Because the regulator is reference counted, changing a channel directly from one non-zero value to another enables it more than once, while a later write of zero disables it only once. The reference count never returns to zero and the regulator is left enabled indefinitely.

Only enable the regulator on the transition from zero to non-zero, and only disable it on the transition from non-zero to zero, using the previously stored channel value to detect the edge. Balance the regulator on the I2C error path so the reference count stays consistent if the write fails.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to bac0ed8bee651aa841375edf72c6ab1d10ac80c6 (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to 9263b9ad968a563337a60e0eb66e35186e1faf9a (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to 1d3a7d7dd3adee19e00be2b2237140f0fe169484 (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to f5acb824277a97a5210c454872202bf7f08c75d4 (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to ae18d2d2ef27a4d04fda6e30c23774513dc9be1e (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to 08ac8d2976d57aa943d64e351c4d0bd8bb0c6de9 (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to 9fe22f563b2a0fdb11fd3711a8c39c023629c08a (excl.)
  • affected from b87b0c0f81e8d11c881b726b886b7502ab67d884 to a130404ce0b69ca1438126bd81c1985d3b4d2e6f (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.2 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.2 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.270 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.221 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.51 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.5 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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