CVE-2026-23079

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23079
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23079.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23079
Downstream
Published
2026-02-04T16:08:04Z
Modified
2026-10-20T10:30:18Z
Summary
gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify()
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23079.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d4cd0902c156b2ca60fdda8cd8b5bcb4b0e9ed64
Fixed
16414341b0dd58b650b5df45c79115bc5977bb76
Fixed
70b3c280533167749a8f740acaa8ef720f78f984
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.17.10
Fixed
6.18
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
dccc6daa8afa0f64c432e4c867f275747e3415e1

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.17.10
v6.17.11
v6.17.12
v6.17.13

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23079.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.8

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23079.json"