Bug 2436764 (CVE-2026-23079)

Summary: CVE-2026-23079 kernel: gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-04 17:02:14 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio: cdev: Fix resource leaks on errors in lineinfo_changed_notify()

On error handling paths, lineinfo_changed_notify() doesn't free the
allocated resources which results leaks.  Fix it.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2026-02-05 00:52:58 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026020421-CVE-2026-23079-bb7e@gregkh/T