Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-99189
gpio: mxc: fix race between chained IRQ handler install and probe completion
New
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CVSS
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EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: mxc: fix race between chained IRQ handler install and probe completion
mxc_update_irq_chained_handler() is called before the IRQ domain, the
generic IRQ chip, and the port list entry are set up. If an interrupt
arrives in that window:
- mx3_gpio_irq_handler() calls generic_handle_domain_irq() with
port->domain still NULL.
- mx2_gpio_irq_handler() walks mxc_gpio_ports, but the port has not
been added to the list yet.
Additionally, if any of the subsequent probe steps
(gpio_generic_chip_init(), devm_gpiochip_add_data(),
irq_domain_create_legacy(), or mxc_gpio_init_gc()) fail, the error
paths never unregister the chained handler, leaving a dangling handler
that points at freed memory.
Move the handler installation after all its dependencies are ready and
after list_add_tail(), so the handler is never live while the data
structures it touches are incomplete, and is never installed if probe
fails.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
5f6d1998adeb5374ef248b5ba2e2a0c30ab0f60b before 261802c14e1a3281987ea8f106701e5ed9652f68; 5f6d1998adeb5374ef248b5ba2e2a0c30ab0f60b before 6c1e035d881579a6e4ed1ce5feabb13d23e80a82; 5f6d1998adeb5374ef248b5ba2e2a0c30ab0f60b before 38d44f78f041ffe60c8e2443b99434a199e7541d; 6.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99189
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99189
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261802c14e1a3281987ea8f106701e5ed9652f68
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1e035d881579a6e4ed1ce5feabb13d23e80a82
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d44f78f041ffe60c8e2443b99434a199e7541d
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