Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53226
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135543
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53226
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the rockchip gpio irq domain handling in drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c when removing a gpio bank and later processing generic irq chip suspend, resume, or shutdown callbacks. A local user can trigger device removal so that stale generic irq chip entries are later dereferenced to cause a denial of service.
The issue is associated with leaked domain generic chip structures that remain on the global gc_list after the gpio bank has been removed.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53226
Install security update from vendor's repository.