CVE-2026-89769

clocksource/drivers/nxp-pit: Fix IRQ leak on cpuhp_setup_state error path

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:47 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clocksource/drivers/nxp-pit: Fix IRQ leak on cpuhp_setup_state error path When cpuhp_setup_state fails after pit_clockevent_per_cpu_init has successfully called request_irq, the error handling jumps directly to out_pit_clocksource_unregister without freeing the registered IRQ. This leaks the IRQ line and, since kfree(pit) follows, leaves a dangling pointer registered as the interrupt handler's dev_id, potentially leading to a use-after-free if the IRQ fires afterwards. Fix it by calling pit_clockevent_per_cpu_exit to properly release the IRQ before falling through to the existing cleanup chain.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.18bee33f22d7c30626e711b4900e3f460b6e0e104f
Vendor states this is fixed in 05520e035f8332c8e33f3011b5ca016fde61793d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cdcd861123248e871c2ec2be968b0a1b2a5a34b0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d53c29a89a15e56a1797f3ef249955e544782e04 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.4HIGHLinux
Vector?

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