# CVE-2026-72324: gpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.17, 4.9, 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e, fixed in db2b40dc12cd6ae4704f52d62c0147ef31527f60; from 812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e, fixed in 3649b04f86b95243fa0c845695051455fa2ba40b; from 812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e, fixed in 3bfcce441c552133adeeb99c294d0ce8a62612ef; from 812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e, fixed in d73e4d790db611da7439e78a6ab6cb32e7885ab8; from 812d47889a8e418d7bea9bec383581a34c19183e, fixed in b11c513ad943f35cf5e8007d3a56279c79b7ed4b; from 3.16.40, fixed in 3.17; from 4.8.9, fixed in 4.9
- Linux: 4.9
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.9.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: mvebu: free generic chips on unbind irq_alloc_domain_generic_chips() allocates generic chip data that must be freed via irq_domain_remove_generic_chips(). The devres action mvebu_gpio_remove_irq_domain() only called irq_domain_remove(), which only frees the generic chips if IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC is set. Call irq_domain_remove_generic_chips() explicitly before irq_domain_remove() instead.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (3.17, 4.9, 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40) per the references below.
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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/db2b40dc12cd6ae4704f52d62c0147ef31527f60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3649b04f86b95243fa0c845695051455fa2ba40b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bfcce441c552133adeeb99c294d0ce8a62612ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73e4d790db611da7439e78a6ab6cb32e7885ab8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11c513ad943f35cf5e8007d3a56279c79b7ed4b

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