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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-23079

CVE-2026-23079

Description

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.

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Affected products

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osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 6.18.0, < 6.18.8
Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy11 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 6.18
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.17.10,<6.18
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

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