pinctrl: mediatek: free EINT resources on unbind
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92481
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fmh8-wm6j-9mrf
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23252bc1cd9a58a039c9b1ae77b22d2b33da48e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/903a7cdf63a81d3738594c5bd1b5955f58fda427
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51552c8c60d3b1fecc062eab2d8cfeaa1cb339dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f6d898179ca4771ee602bdad4246c3952af83eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06785cba7f86d72abd531058b1a82d6952a7346
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88292b7103d260e3e606eb3bb2794060a5fde48e
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Sources
- CVE-2026-92481 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92481 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fmh8-wm6j-9mrf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-92481 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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