UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-89769
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
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05520e035f8332c8e33f3011b5ca016fde61793d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdcd861123248e871c2ec2be968b0a1b2a5a34b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d53c29a89a15e56a1797f3ef249955e544782e04
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-11 via NVD.
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