Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-93072irqchip/renesas-irqc: Fix generic interrupt chip leak on remove

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A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/renesas-irqc: Fix generic interrupt chip leak on remove The driver allocates domain generic chips probe. However, on driver removal, the generic chips are not automatically freed when the interrupt domain is removed because the domain flags do not include IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC. This causes both the domain generic chips structure and the associated generic chips to be leaked. Additionally, the generic chips remain on the global list and may later be accessed by generic interrupt chip suspend, resume, or shutdown callbacks after the driver has been removed, potentially resulting in a use-after-free and kernel crash. Fix the resource leak by setting IRQ_DOMAIN_FLAG_DESTROY_GC on the interrupt domain; this lets the interrupt domain core automatically release all generic chips when irq_domain_remove() is invoked, removing the need for manual cleanup calls in error paths and remove callback.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93072
Debian:13linux6.12.111-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93072
Debian:14linux7.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93072
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.111-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93072

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 99c221df33fbfa1b30e15dee879eb0a9ae1be353 – before 3d39757ef791f90028da9c8b7c1fbbb497237e5899c221df33fbfa1b30e15dee879eb0a9ae1be353 – before 4bf7614d048434326081eef0ebef33cb77fe2ffc99c221df33fbfa1b30e15dee879eb0a9ae1be353 – before 9acc996cb2e8477ae81bd7c067fec15202d6bc8999c221df33fbfa1b30e15dee879eb0a9ae1be353 – before 7c614f83301d464e2fb498d63552490d137ea10d99c221df33fbfa1b30e15dee879eb0a9ae1be353 – before 616dd89d81ad9a3cf1cfff4088a4c43e4e00d6ba
Linux Linux 4.4

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