{"id":"CVE-2026-72324","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"gpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind\n\nirq_alloc_domain_generic_chips() allocates generic chip data that must\nbe freed via irq_domain_remove_generic_chips(). The devres action\nmvebu_gpio_remove_irq_domain() only called irq_domain_remove(), which\nonly frees the generic chips if IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC is set.\nCall irq_domain_remove_generic_chips() explicitly before\nirq_domain_remove() instead.","publishedAt":"2026-08-15T05:55:35.475Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T12:44:34.047Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e","status":"affected","lessThan":"db2b40dc12cd6ae4704f52d62c0147ef31527f60","versionType":"git"},{"version":"812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e","status":"affected","lessThan":"3649b04f86b95243fa0c845695051455fa2ba40b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e","status":"affected","lessThan":"3bfcce441c552133adeeb99c294d0ce8a62612ef","versionType":"git"},{"version":"812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e","status":"affected","lessThan":"d73e4d790db611da7439e78a6ab6cb32e7885ab8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e","status":"affected","lessThan":"b11c513ad943f35cf5e8007d3a56279c79b7ed4b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f0cde54863da281cec1ed85497b4ec58d29c1460","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7a9239fd04802ee6ddf82d211cff3ee7df9c473a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3.16.40","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.8.9","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.9","versionType":"semver"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.9","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db2b40dc12cd6ae4704f52d62c0147ef31527f60","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3649b04f86b95243fa0c845695051455fa2ba40b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bfcce441c552133adeeb99c294d0ce8a62612ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73e4d790db611da7439e78a6ab6cb32e7885ab8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11c513ad943f35cf5e8007d3a56279c79b7ed4b"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:58.252Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72324.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-72324","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:55:35.475Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:44:34.047Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-08-09T03:40:39.919Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"gpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind\n\nirq_alloc_domain_generic_chips() allocates generic chip data that must\nbe freed via irq_domain_remove_generic_chips(). 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