CVE-2026-23079 (GCVE-0-2026-23079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 16:08 – Updated: 2026-02-09 08:38
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Title
gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify()
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64 , < 16414341b0dd58b650b5df45c79115bc5977bb76 (git)
Affected: d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64 , < 70b3c280533167749a8f740acaa8ef720f78f984 (git)
Affected: dccc6daa8afa0f64c432e4c867f275747e3415e1 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.8 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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