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irqchip/renesas-irqc: Fix generic interrupt chip leak on remove

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/renesas-irqc: Fix generic interrupt chip leak on remove The driver allocates domain generic chips probe. However, on driver removal, the generic chips are not automatically freed when the interrupt domain is removed because the domain flags do not include IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC. This causes both the domain generic chips structure and the associated generic chips to be leaked. Additionally, the generic chips remain on the global list and may later be accessed by generic interrupt chip suspend, resume, or shutdown callbacks after the driver has been removed, potentially resulting in a use-after-free and kernel crash. Fix the resource leak by setting IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC on the interrupt domain; this lets the interrupt domain core automatically release all generic chips when irq_domain_remove() is invoked, removing the need for manual cleanup calls in error paths and remove callback.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.110, 6.18.52, 6.6.157, 7.2.6
CVEs
CVE-2026-93072
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 10:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

irqchip/renesas-irqc: Fix generic interrupt chip leak on remove

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:10 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/renesas-irqc: Fix generic interrupt chip leak on remove The driver allocates domain generic chips probe. However, on driver removal, the generic chips are not automatically freed when the interrupt domain is removed because the domain flags do not include IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC. This causes both the domain generic chips structure and the associated generic chips to be leaked. Additionally, the generic chips remain on the global list and may later be accessed by generic interrupt chip suspend, resume, or shutdown callbacks after the driver has been removed, potentially resulting in a use-after-free and kernel crash. Fix the resource leak by setting IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC on the interrupt domain; this lets the interrupt domain core automatically release all generic chips when irq_domain_remove() is invoked, removing the need for manual cleanup calls in error paths and remove callback.

osv:CVE-2026-93072

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6

Complete source record
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