CVE-2026-92482 PUBLISHED

pinctrl: mediatek: use devm_gpiochip_add_data() for GPIO chip

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 16.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

pinctrl: mediatek: use devm_gpiochip_add_data() for GPIO chip

The gpio_chip is allocated with device-managed memory but registered with the non-managed gpiochip_add_data(). This was harmless while the drivers were built-in, but once they can be built as modules and unbound/rmmod'd, devm frees the gpio_chip's memory while it is still registered, causing a use-after-free.

Register it with devm_gpiochip_add_data() so it shares the same device-managed lifecycle, which also lets the manual gpiochip_remove() error paths go away.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from a6df410d420aa4ff316797d352f69e7ebae5ff98 to b8fa1098ee9f627d38bdf7c0ef6c1a6058a4165b (excl.)
  • affected from a6df410d420aa4ff316797d352f69e7ebae5ff98 to 9c650317ba553d297f3fc5f0ae40ec53d86f9dab (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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