CVE-2025-40296

Device-driver disruption via redundant GPIO release

Published Dec 8, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026

Double free in the INT3472 platform driver in Linux kernel 6.16 through 6.17.7 allows local users to disrupt device drivers. The regulator-unregistration path releases a GPIO device that regulator_unregister() has already freed, dropping the pinctrl module reference twice. The path is reached when the driver defers its probe or an administrator unloads the module on a ThinkPad X9 with Lunar Lake; other drivers can then fail to allocate interrupts.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Double free in the INT3472 platform driver in Linux kernel 6.16 through 6.17.7 allows local users to disrupt device drivers. The regulator-unregistration path releases a GPIO device that regulator_unregister() has already freed, dropping the pinctrl module reference twice. The path is reached when the driver defers its probe or an administrator unloads the module on a ThinkPad X9 with Lunar Lake; other drivers can then fail to allocate interrupts.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-40296
Published
Dec 8, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1e5d088a52c207bcef6a43a6f6ffe162c514ed64 <b8113bb56c45bd17bac5144b55591f9cdbd6aabe
  2. Affected versionversion=1e5d088a52c207bcef6a43a6f6ffe162c514ed64 <f0f7a3f542c1698edb69075f25a3f846207facba
  3. Affected versionversion=6.16

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=1e5d088a52c207bcef6a43a6f6ffe162c514ed64 <b8113bb56c45bd17bac5144b55591f9cdbd6aabe; version=1e5d088a52c207bcef6a43a6f6ffe162c514ed64 <f0f7a3f542c1698edb69075f25a3f846207facba; version=6.16

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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