{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-91007", "assignerOrgId": "e2e69745-5e70-4e92-8431-deb5529a81ad", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "zephyr", "dateReserved": "2026-09-14T16:03:57.414Z", "datePublished": "2026-11-12T15:19:20.012Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-12T15:19:20.012Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "e2e69745-5e70-4e92-8431-deb5529a81ad", "shortName": "zephyr", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-12T15:19:20.012Z"}, "title": "Arbitrary supervisor-mode function pointer injection via charger_set_prop() syscall in the charger driver API", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The user-mode syscall verifiers for the charger driver API in drivers/charger/charger_handlers.c did not inspect the prop argument before copying union charger_propval across the user/kernel boundary. Two members of that union are function pointers \u2014 status_notification (CHARGER_PROP_STATUS_NOTIFICATION) and online_notification (CHARGER_PROP_ONLINE_NOTIFICATION), declared in include/zephyr/drivers/charger.h \u2014 and z_vrfy_charger_set_prop() forwarded the caller-supplied union verbatim to the driver's set_property callback for any property. z_vrfy_charger_get_prop() had the mirror defect and copied the stored kernel callback address back out to user memory.\n\nWith CONFIG_USERSPACE enabled, any user-mode thread that has been granted a charger device object could call charger_set_prop() with CHARGER_PROP_STATUS_NOTIFICATION or CHARGER_PROP_ONLINE_NOTIFICATION and an arbitrary pointer value. Drivers that implement these properties \u2014 drivers/charger/charger_max20335.c, drivers/charger/charger_pf1550.c and drivers/charger/charger_bq2518x.c \u2014 store the pointer in device data and later invoke it from their interrupt work handlers, which run in supervisor mode, on any charger state change such as a cable plug/unplug.\n\nThe result is a control-flow hijack at kernel privilege from an unprivileged thread, defeating the isolation that CONFIG_USERSPACE is meant to provide; the read path additionally disclosed a kernel code address to user mode, and clearing a notifier installed by a supervisor thread let user mode suppress charger notifications. Supervisor-mode callers of charger_set_prop()/charger_get_prop() are unaffected.\n\nThe fix makes both verifiers reject the two notifier properties outright \u2014 including when the supplied callback is NULL, since the notifiers are device state \u2014 and adds a BUILD_ASSERT on CHARGER_PROP_COMMON_COUNT so that new properties force a re-review of the union's user-mode safety."}], "affected": [{"vendor": "zephyrproject", "product": "zephyr", "collectionURL": "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr", "packageName": "zephyr", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "programFiles": ["drivers/charger/charger_handlers.c"], "programRoutines": [{"name": "z_vrfy_charger_get_prop"}, {"name": "z_vrfy_charger_set_prop"}], "versions": [{"version": "3.7.0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "4.3.2"}, {"version": "4.4.0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "4.5.0"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/5467b7a73fe093d7e9562ee15c321cf8f1639d17", "name": "Fix commit", "tags": ["patch"]}, {"url": "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-jr35-f52j-fm88", "name": "GHSA-jr35-f52j-fm88"}], "metrics": [{"format": "CVSS", "cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "description": "memory-safety", "cweId": "CWE-822", "type": "CWE"}]}], "x_generator": {"engine": "cvelib 1.8.0"}}}}

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