Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72062
Published: August 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU143536
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72062
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in mediatek_gpio_irq_type() when handling concurrent IRQ type configuration on GPIOs in the same bank. A local user can trigger concurrent configuration changes to corrupt shared interrupt trigger state and cause a denial of service.
The issue affects bank-shared interrupt trigger fields such as rising and falling because each GPIO chip instance represents an entire bank of 32 pins.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-72062
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1781172526d1092323af443fa03f00e6de560401
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207d3ebf36f654a43a934addeb4d6775cb2dd667
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/877a243006788aaa586b2d087f27c9f3628071b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a60a40c9ba30edd06d3fb4215fdf430ed968728e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b9026ef78da3018a7d2c5a9c9d611de6d45c47