Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2026· Updated Aug 13, 2026
CVE-2026-64238
CVE-2026-64238
Description
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.
Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.19.12,<7.0
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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