# CVE-2026-90123: irqchip/ast2700-intc: Avoid allocating in the irq\_domain activate() callback

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 07825e41519abb8ac13d6d1c553af47f57775f6b, fixed in f2f0da11648616e47419dca93610f6c0d70ec00b; from 07825e41519abb8ac13d6d1c553af47f57775f6b, fixed in b76eee9c2157223aa4aac42ceebb563288e078aa
- Linux: 7.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/ast2700-intc: Avoid allocating in the irq_domain activate() callback The interrupt core calls the irq_domain_activate() callback from __setup_irq() with desc->lock held and interrupts disabled. Both aspeed_intc1_irq_domain_activate() and aspeed_intc0_resolve_route() test a compatible string with fwnode_device_is_compatible(). fwnode_device_is_compatible() invokes fwnode_property_match_string(), which allocates with GFP_KERNEL. That's obviously not possible with interrupts disabled and a raw spinlock held. Both call sites are only ever handed OF nodes, so use of_device_is_compatible() instead: it walks the property in place and does not allocate.

## What to do

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f0da11648616e47419dca93610f6c0d70ec00b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b76eee9c2157223aa4aac42ceebb563288e078aa

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