# CVE-2026-72062: gpio: mt7621: avoid corruption of shared interrupt trigger state

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-23

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: mt7621: avoid corruption of shared interrupt trigger state The bank-shared fields like 'rising' and 'falling' are modified using non-atomic read-modify-write operations. Since every gpio chip instance represents an entire bank of 32 pins, if 'mediatek_gpio_irq_type()' is called concurrently for different IRQs on the same bank a possible overwrite of each other's configuration is possible. Thus, protect this state with 'gpio_generic_lock_irqsave' lock in the same way it is handled in irp_chip 'mediatek_gpio_irq_mask()' and 'mediatek_gpio_irq_unmask()' callbacks.

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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/bddf9314a57a243dd11ed945ba11e146e331257e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207d3ebf36f654a43a934addeb4d6775cb2dd667
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/877a243006788aaa586b2d087f27c9f3628071b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b9026ef78da3018a7d2c5a9c9d611de6d45c47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a60a40c9ba30edd06d3fb4215fdf430ed968728e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1781172526d1092323af443fa03f00e6de560401

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