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CVE-2026-23158

gpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d to < 815a8e3bf72811d402b30bd4a53cde5e9df7a563affected
  • 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d to < 7bec90f605cfb138006f5ba575f2310593347110affected
  • 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d to < 53ad4a948a4586359b841d607c08fb16c5503230affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.11affected
  • 0 to < 6.11unaffected
  • 6.12.69 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.9 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19 to ≤ *unaffected

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