Riskcovery

CVE-2026-99162

gpio: shared: fix use-after-free bug when adding shared proxies

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 28, 2026
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio: shared: fix use-after-free bug when adding shared proxies

The GPIO lookup table can stay alive for longer than the kobject whose name string's address we're assigning to lookup->dev_id. Fix a potential UAF by duplicating the string.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a to before 8861491f8501516429e0e6c9d7a056480047227cAffected
  • a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a to before bd22f7e63509fa758cf500d9af3e88a3d3df96beAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.19Affected
  • before 6.19Not affected
  • 7.2.13 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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