CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64238

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a deadlock was found in the gpio:shared driver during parent proxy removal. The issue was caused by an overly wide critical section of the mutex protecting the offset field.

Risk Assessment

The deadlock can prevent proper GPIO device removal, leading to system hangs or power management failures.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that narrows the mutex critical section to only protect the offset field during reads.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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