CVE-2026-64238CWE-667

CVE-2026-64238

Medium · published July 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00111 · 1.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-667 · Improper Locking
Published
2026-07-24T20:16Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19.12, < 7.07.0
linux/linux_kernel≥ 7.0.1, < 7.0.127.0.12
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References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUL 15:27Z
    gpio: shared: fix deadlock on shared proxy's parent removal
    cvelistv5