CVE-2026-22986
Medium · 4.7CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.1%
Published
Jan 23, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: fix race condition for gdev->srcu If two drivers were calling gpiochip_add_data_with_key(), one may be traversing the srcu-protected list in gpio_name_to_desc(), meanwhile other has just added its gdev in gpiodev_add_to_list_unlocked(). This creates a non-mutexed and non-protected timeframe, when one instance is dereferencing and using &gdev->srcu, before the other has initialized it, resulting in crash: [ 4.935481] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff800272bcc000 [ 4.943396] Mem abort info: [ 4.943400] ESR = 0x0000000096000005 [ 4.943403] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 4.943407] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 4.943410] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 4.943413] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault [ 4.943416] Data abort info: [ 4.943418] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 4.946220] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 4.955261] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 4.955268] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000038e6c000 [ 4.961449] [ffff800272bcc000] pgd=0000000000000000 [ 4.969203] , p4d=1000000039739003 [ 4.979730] , pud=0000000000000000 [ 4.980210] phandle (CPU): 0x0000005e, phandle (BE): 0x5e000000 for node "reset" [ 4.991736] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... [ 5.121359] pc : __srcu_read_lock+0x44/0x98 [ 5.131091] lr : gpio_name_to_desc+0x60/0x1a0 [ 5.153671] sp : ffff8000833bb430 [ 5.298440] [ 5.298443] Call trace: [ 5.298445] __srcu_read_lock+0x44/0x98 [ 5.309484] gpio_name_to_desc+0x60/0x1a0 [ 5.320692] gpiochip_add_data_with_key+0x488/0xf00 5.946419] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Move initialization code for gdev fields before it is added to gpio_devices, with adjacent initialization code. Adjust goto statements to reflect modified order of operations [Bartosz: fixed a build issue, removed stray newline]
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel | 6.9.0 | 6.18.6 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | dtb-aarch64 | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-64kb | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-azure | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-default | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1.160000.2.7 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-docs | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-kvmsmall | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-obs-build | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-obs-qa | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-rt | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-source | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-syms | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | kernel-zfcpdump | 0 | 6.12.0-160000.26.1 |
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