CVE-2026-99257

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: shared: gracefully handle no-device lookup of shared GPIOs We use platform lookup tables for shared GPIOs. This mechanism needs a struct device to work so fwnode-based lookup with no device associated currently causes a NULL-pointer deference. Adding this functionality will require a larger rework and it has never worked anyway so add a check that allows the kernel to gracefully handle this situation with an error ahead of implementing that functionality as a new feature.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-11-03 12:17:32.590000

Last modified

2026-11-03 12:17:32.590000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-99257",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-11-03T12:17:32.590",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T12:17:32.590",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: shared: gracefully handle no-device lookup of shared GPIOs\n\nWe use platform lookup tables for shared GPIOs. This mechanism needs a\nstruct device to work so fwnode-based lookup with no device associated\ncurrently causes a NULL-pointer deference.\n\nAdding this functionality will require a larger rework and it has never\nworked anyway so add a check that allows the kernel to gracefully handle\nthis situation with an error ahead of implementing that functionality as\na new feature."
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/gpio/gpiolib-shared.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a",
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}