CVE-2026-64238

ANALYSIS PENDING

gpio: shared: fix deadlock on shared proxy's parent removal

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: shared: fix deadlock on shared proxy's parent removal Commit 710abda58055 ("gpio: shared: call gpio_chip::of_xlate() if set") used the mutex embedded in struct gpio_shared_entry to protect the offset field which now can be modified after assignment. The critical section however is too wide and introduced a potential deadlock on the removal of the shared GPIO proxy's parent. Make the critical section shorter - only protect the offset when it's being read. While at it: mention the fact that the entry lock is now also used to protect against concurrent access to the offset field in the structure's documentation.

Details

Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 7.0.0 - 7.0.12linux
Linux/Linux < 7.0
Linux/Linux 28f488e7b327630686378bb1d24e22cfc3fc162d
Linux/Linux 6.19.12 - 6.20
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux 7.0.12 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
Linux/Linux 710abda58055ed5eaa8958107633cc12a365c328 - a1b836607304f71051f9f9dcccf8b5097b86a1fb
Linux/Linux 710abda58055ed5eaa8958107633cc12a365c328 - a554dfcd30dd5e41d1d67387b3bb85cea83e12e1
Published Jul 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 24, 2026