# CVE-2022-49724: tty: goldfish: Fix free\_irq() on remove

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: goldfish: Fix free_irq() on remove Pass the correct dev_id to free_irq() to fix this splat when the driver is unbound: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 30 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1895 free_irq Trying to free already-free IRQ 65 Call Trace: warn_slowpath_fmt free_irq goldfish_tty_remove platform_remove device_remove device_release_driver_internal device_driver_detach unbind_store drv_attr_store ...

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4b0b8edccb0cfb15a8cecf4161e0571d3daac64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83a1d40dc624070a203eb383ef9fb60eb634136
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7183c76d500324b8b5bd0af5e663cfa57b7b836
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ca4db68b6819244df9024aea4be55edf8af1ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb15e79cacddfbc62264e6e807bde50ad688e988
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6fcd7ffd76a9c1d998a2d02d518c78a55c5bed8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/499e13aac6c762e1e828172b0f0f5275651d6512

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