CVE-2026-92481

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: mediatek: free EINT resources on unbind mtk_eint_do_init() creates an IRQ domain, populates it with a mapping for every EINT line and installs a chained handler on the parent interrupt, but none of these are ever released. This was harmless while the drivers were built-in, but now that they can be built as modules and unbound/rmmod'd it leaves behind a dangling IRQ domain, interrupt mappings whose chip data points at freed memory, and a chained handler that keeps firing into that freed data. The plain allocations in mtk_eint_do_init() already use the device-managed devm_*() helpers, so tear the remaining resources down the same way: register a devm action that detaches the chained handler, waits for any in-flight handler to finish, disposes of the per-line mappings and removes the IRQ domain. This mirrors the device-managed lifecycle adopted for the GPIO chip and keeps the whole EINT setup self-cleaning on unbind.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:50.153000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:19:38.407000

View original CVE JSON

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:50.153",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:38.407",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npinctrl: mediatek: free EINT resources on unbind\n\nmtk_eint_do_init() creates an IRQ domain, populates it with a mapping for\nevery EINT line and installs a chained handler on the parent interrupt,\nbut none of these are ever released. This was harmless while the drivers\nwere built-in, but now that they can be built as modules and\nunbound/rmmod'd it leaves behind a dangling IRQ domain, interrupt mappings\nwhose chip data points at freed memory, and a chained handler that keeps\nfiring into that freed data.\n\nThe plain allocations in mtk_eint_do_init() already use the device-managed\ndevm_*() helpers, so tear the remaining resources down the same way:\nregister a devm action that detaches the chained handler, waits for any\nin-flight handler to finish, disposes of the per-line mappings and removes\nthe IRQ domain. This mirrors the device-managed lifecycle adopted for the\nGPIO chip and keeps the whole EINT setup self-cleaning on unbind."
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