# CVE-2025-39771: regulator: pca9450: Use devm\_register\_sys\_off\_handler

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-11 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: pca9450: Use devm_register_sys_off_handler With module test, there is error dump: ------------[ cut here ]------------ notifier callback pca9450_i2c_restart_handler already registered WARNING: kernel/notifier.c:23 at notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x88, CPU#0: kworker/u16:3/50 Call trace: notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x88 (P) atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x30/0x58 register_restart_handler+0x1c/0x28 pca9450_i2c_probe+0x418/0x538 i2c_device_probe+0x220/0x3d0 really_probe+0x114/0x410 __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x150 driver_probe_device+0x40/0x114 __device_attach_driver+0xd4/0x12c So use devm_register_sys_off_handler to let kernel handle the resource free to avoid kernel dump.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a8c8aa0b0b2c62a0232bf868def85f3069ba7a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/447be50598c05499f7ccc2b1f6ddb3da30f8099a

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