# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-31732"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-01T14:14:30.844Z"
updatedAt: "2026-07-04T11:50:32.706Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31732"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31732.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31732"
title: "gpio: Fix resource leaks on errors in gpiochip_add_data_with_key()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: Fix resource leaks on errors in gpiochip_add_data_with_key()\n\nSince commit aab5c6f20023 (\"gpio: set device type for GPIO chips\"),\n`gdev-\u003edev.release` is unset.  As a result, the reference count to\n`gdev-\u003edev` isn't dropped on the error handling paths.\n\nDrop the reference on errors.\n\nAlso reorder the instructions to make the error handling simpler.\nNow gpiochip_add_data_with_key() roughly looks like:\n\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e Some memory allocation.  Go to ERR ZONE 1 on errors.\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e device_initialize().\n\n   gpiodev_release() takes over the responsibility for freeing the\n   resources of `gdev-\u003edev`.  The subsequent error handling paths\n   shouldn't go through ERR ZONE 1 again which leads to double free.\n\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e Some initialization mainly on `gdev`.\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e The rest of initialization.  Go to ERR ZONE 2 on errors.\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e Chip registration success and exit.\n\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e ERR ZONE 2.  gpio_device_put() and exit.\n   \u003e\u003e\u003e ERR ZONE 1."
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