gpio: shared: fix deadlock on shared proxy's parent removal
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
911 explicit affected versions
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1b836607304f71051f9f9dcccf8b5097b86a1fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a554dfcd30dd5e41d1d67387b3bb85cea83e12e1
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64238.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64238