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CVE-2026-64238 (GCVE-0-2026-64238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-24 15:27 – Updated: 2026-07-24 15:27
VLAI
Title
gpio: shared: fix deadlock on shared proxy's parent removal
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 710abda58055ed5eaa8958107633cc12a365c328 , < a554dfcd30dd5e41d1d67387b3bb85cea83e12e1 (git)
Affected: 710abda58055ed5eaa8958107633cc12a365c328 , < a1b836607304f71051f9f9dcccf8b5097b86a1fb (git)
Affected: 28f488e7b327630686378bb1d24e22cfc3fc162d (git)
Affected: 6.19.12 , < 6.20 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 7.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 7.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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