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misc: pci_endpoint_test: Avoid issue of interrupts remaining after request_irq error

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: pci_endpoint_test: Avoid issue of interrupts remaining after request_irq error After devm_request_irq() fails with error in pci_endpoint_test_request_irq(), the pci_endpoint_test_free_irq_vectors() is called assuming that all IRQs have been released. However, some requested IRQs remain unreleased, so there are still /proc/irq/* entries remaining, and this results in WARN() with the following message: remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/30', leaking at least 'pci-endpoint-test.0' WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 202 at fs/proc/generic.c:719 remove_proc_entry +0x190/0x19c To solve this issue, set the number of remaining IRQs to test->num_irqs, and release IRQs in advance by calling pci_endpoint_test_release_irq(). [kwilczynski: commit log]

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.135, 6.12.25, 6.14.3, 6.6.88
CVEs
CVE-2025-23140
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 20:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

misc: pci_endpoint_test: Avoid issue of interrupts remaining after request_irq error

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2025, 12:55 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: pci_endpoint_test: Avoid issue of interrupts remaining after request_irq error After devm_request_irq() fails with error in pci_endpoint_test_request_irq(), the pci_endpoint_test_free_irq_vectors() is called assuming that all IRQs have been released. However, some requested IRQs remain unreleased, so there are still /proc/irq/* entries remaining, and this results in WARN() with the following message: remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/30', leaking at least 'pci-endpoint-test.0' WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 202 at fs/proc/generic.c:719 remove_proc_entry +0x190/0x19c To solve this issue, set the number of remaining IRQs to test->num_irqs, and release IRQs in advance by calling pci_endpoint_test_release_irq(). [kwilczynski: commit log]

osv:CVE-2025-23140

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.25, 6.14.3

Complete source record
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