CVE-2026-89769

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89769
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89769.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-89769
Downstream
Published
2026-09-11T19:47:08Z
Modified
2026-09-13T03:47:20Z
Summary
clocksource/drivers/nxp-pit: Fix IRQ leak on cpuhp_setup_state error path
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clocksource/drivers/nxp-pit: Fix IRQ leak on cpuhp_setup_state error path

When cpuhp_setup_state fails after pit_clockevent_per_cpu_init has successfully called request_irq, the error handling jumps directly to out_pit_clocksource_unregister without freeing the registered IRQ.

This leaks the IRQ line and, since kfree(pit) follows, leaves a dangling pointer registered as the interrupt handler's dev_id, potentially leading to a use-after-free if the IRQ fires afterwards.

Fix it by calling pit_clockevent_per_cpu_exit to properly release the IRQ before falling through to the existing cleanup chain.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89769.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
bee33f22d7c30626e711b4900e3f460b6e0e104f
Fixed
d53c29a89a15e56a1797f3ef249955e544782e04
Fixed
cdcd861123248e871c2ec2be968b0a1b2a5a34b0
Fixed
05520e035f8332c8e33f3011b5ca016fde61793d

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89769.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.50
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89769.json"