Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2026· Updated Jun 9, 2026

CVE-2026-46258

Description

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

gpio: cdev: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()

In linehandle_create(), there is a statement like this: retain_and_null_ptr(lh);

Soon after, there is a debug printout that dereferences "lh", which will crash things.

Avoid the crash by using handlereq.lines, which is the same value.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.19,<6.19.4
- (no CPE)
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 6.19.0, < 6.19.4