CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80711

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's max17040 driver, there is an issue with handling a missing status supplier. When no supplier is registered, the function returns success but the status value remains uninitialized, potentially leading to reading invalid data by userspace.

Risk Assessment

Userspace may read an uninitialized battery status value, which could lead to incorrect system decisions or information leakage.

Recommendation

Install the kernel patch that returns POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_UNKNOWN when no supplier provides STATUS and propagates other lookup errors.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: max17040: handle missing status supplier MAX17040 does not report charger state itself, so the driver forwards POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_STATUS to a supplier power supply. If no supplier is registered, power_supply_get_property_from_supplier() returns -ENODEV and leaves the output value untouched. max17040_get_property() currently ignores that error and returns success, so userspace can read an uninitialized status value from the battery power supply. This happens on systems that use the fuel gauge without a charger supplier relationship in firmware. Return POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_UNKNOWN when no supplier provides STATUS, and propagate other supplier lookup errors.

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