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FKIE_CVE-2026-23079

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-04 17:16 - Updated: 2026-03-18 13:51

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16414341b0dd58b650b5df45c79115bc5977bb76	Patch
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70b3c280533167749a8f740acaa8ef720f78f984	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	6.18
linux	linux_kernel	6.18
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 16:08 – Updated: 2026-02-09 08:38

Title

gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify()

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16414341b0dd58b65…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70b3c280533167749…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64 , < 16414341b0dd58b650b5df45c79115bc5977bb76 (git)
Affected: d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64 , < 70b3c280533167749a8f740acaa8ef720f78f984 (git)
Affected: dccc6daa8afa0f64c432e4c867f275747e3415e1 (git)

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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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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

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