CVE-2026-23158

gpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path

published February 14, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

gpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path

The gpio-virtuser configfs release path uses guard(mutex) to protect

the device structure. However, the device is freed before the guard

cleanup runs, causing mutex_unlock() to operate on freed memory.

Specifically, gpio_virtuser_device_config_group_release() destroys

the mutex and frees the device while still inside the guard(mutex)

scope. When the function returns, the guard cleanup invokes

mutex_unlock(&dev->lock), resulting in a slab use-after-free.

Limit the mutex lifetime by using a scoped_guard() only around the

activation check, so that the lock is released before mutex_destroy()

and kfree() are called.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00135 · 2.7th percentile
Published
2026-02-14T16:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 FEB 16:01Z
    gpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path
    cvelistv5