Medium [CVE-2026-72153] Use correct index in crossbar_domain_free
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-72153.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/crossbar: Use correct index in crossbar_domain_free() crossbar_domain_free() resets the domain data and then uses the nulled out irq_data->hwirq member as index to reset the irq_map[] entry and to write the relevant crossbar register with a safe entry.
That means it never frees the correct index and keeps the crossbar register connection to the source interrupt active. If it would not reset the domain data, then this would be even worse as irq_data->hwirq holds the source interrupt number, but both the map and register index need the corresponding GIC SPI number and not the source interrupt number.
This might even result in an out of bounds access as the source interrupt number can be higher than the maximal index space. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write when resetting an interrupt mapping entry or writing to a crossbar register.
A local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause memory corruption or a denial of service (DoS). Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-787. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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