CVE-2026-64238

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

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jul 24, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
Reserved
Jul 19, 2026

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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.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 710abda58055ed5eaa8958107633cc12a365c328 to before a554dfcd30dd5e41d1d67387b3bb85cea83e12e1Affected
  • 710abda58055ed5eaa8958107633cc12a365c328 to before a1b836607304f71051f9f9dcccf8b5097b86a1fbAffected
  • 28f488e7b327630686378bb1d24e22cfc3fc162dAffected
  • 6.19.12 to before 6.20Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 7.0Affected
  • before 7.0Not affected
  • 7.0.12 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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