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CVE-2026-99162

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

N/A
Published: October 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC
Updated: October 28, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
90%
6.19a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8861491f8501516429e0e6c9d7a056480047227c
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd22f7e63509fa758cf500d9af3e88a3d3df96be

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED

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