diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk/CVE-2026-40467.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk/CVE-2026-40467.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..772172c373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk/CVE-2026-40467.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 194a2884f21a6fc02c446ca4e2dc9107298832db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Arnold D. Robbins" <arnold@skeeve.com>
+Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 12:02:11 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Small memory management fix in io.c.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-40467
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/commit/?id=a2d18c74109e41bec29a23098eba2e00057286d8]
+
+(cherry picked from commit a2d18c74109e41bec29a23098eba2e00057286d8)
+Signed-off-by: Darsh Kelaiya <dkelaiya@cisco.com>
+---
+ ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
+ io.c      | 5 ++++-
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
+index a714ca1a..517aba91 100644
+--- a/ChangeLog
++++ b/ChangeLog
+@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
++2026-04-03         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
++
++	* io.c (do_getline_redir): Don't DEREF redir_exp too early.
++	Thanks to Michał Majchrowicz <mmajchrowicz@afine.com>
++	for the report.
++
+ 2026-02-22         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+ 
+ 	* 5.4.0: Release tar ball made.
+diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
+index a3b877c4..7a547aa1 100644
+--- a/io.c
++++ b/io.c
+@@ -2853,21 +2853,24 @@ do_getline_redir(int into_variable, enum redirval redirtype)
+ 	redir_exp = TOP();
+ 	redir_exp = elem_new_to_scalar(redir_exp);
+ 	rp = redirect(redir_exp, redirtype, & redir_error, false);
+-	DEREF(redir_exp);
+ 	decr_sp();
+ 	if (rp == NULL) {
+ 		if (redir_error) { /* failed redirect */
+ 			update_ERRNO_int(redir_error);
+ 		}
++		DEREF(redir_exp);
+ 		return make_number((AWKNUM) -1.0);
+ 	} else if ((rp->flag & RED_TWOWAY) != 0 && rp->iop == NULL) {
+ 		if (is_non_fatal_redirect(redir_exp->stptr, redir_exp->stlen)) {
+ 			update_ERRNO_int(EBADF);
++			DEREF(redir_exp);
+ 			return make_number((AWKNUM) -1.0);
+ 		}
+ 		(void) close_rp(rp, CLOSE_ALL);
++		DEREF(redir_exp);	// we're about to die, but what the heck, release it anyway
+ 		fatal(_("getline: attempt to read from closed read end of two-way pipe"));
+ 	}
++	DEREF(redir_exp);
+ 	iop = rp->iop;
+ 	if (iop == NULL)		/* end of input */
+ 		return make_number((AWKNUM) 0.0);
+-- 
+2.53.0
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
index d7211f28f3..59c4cb2536 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[pma-if-64bit] = "--enable-pma,--disable-pma, "
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gawk/gawk-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://run-ptest \
            file://0001-configure.ac-re-enable-disabled-printf-features.patch \
+           file://CVE-2026-40467.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "3dd430f0cd3b4428c6c3f6afc021b9cd3c1f8c93f7a688dc268ca428a90b4ac1"