CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-64238
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-07-24
- Last modified
- 2026-08-13
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19.12 < 7.0)
• linux linux kernel (>= 7.0.1 < 7.0.12)
• linux linux kernel 7.0
• linux linux kernel 7.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness