Medium 5.5Published Feb 4, 2026

CVE-2026-23079gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify() On error handling paths, lineinfo_changed_notify() doesn't free the allocated resources which results leaks. Fix it.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64 before 16414341b0dd58b650b5df45c79115bc5977bb76; from d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64 before 70b3c280533167749a8f740acaa8ef720f78f984; dccc6daa8afa0f64c432e4c867f275747e3415e1; from 6.17.10 before 6.18	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.17.10 before 6.18; from 6.18.1 before 6.18.8; 6.18; 6.18; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 2 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16414341b0dd58b650b5df45c79115bc5977bb76	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70b3c280533167749a8f740acaa8ef720f78f984	patch

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