Medium [CVE-2026-64013] Fix ACPI GPE handler leak during removal
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-64013 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: button: Fix ACPI GPE handler leak during removal Commit a7e23ec17fee ("ACPI: button: Install notifier for system events as well") changed the ACPI notify handler type for ACPI buttons to ACPI_ALL_NOTIFY, but it forgot to update acpi_button_remove() to reflect that change.
This leads to leaking the notify handler past driver removal, which may cause a kernel crash to occur if ACPI notify on the given device is triggered after removing the driver, and causes a subsequent probe of the given device with the same driver to fail. Address this by updating the acpi_remove_notify_handler() call in acpi_button_remove() as appropriate.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) button driver. This vulnerability occurs because the ACPI General Purpose Event (GPE) handler is not properly removed when the driver is unloaded.
An attacker could potentially trigger an ACPI notify event on a device after its driver has been removed, leading to a kernel crash and system instability. This issue could also prevent the device from being re-initialized correctly.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-772.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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