gpio: cdev: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()
CVE-2026-46258
Currently unrated
What is CVE-2026-46258?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: cdev: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()
In linehandle_create(), there is a statement like this: retain_and_null_ptr(lh);
Soon after, there is a debug printout that dereferences "lh", which will crash things.
Avoid the crash by using handlereq.lines, which is the same value.
Affected Version(s)
Linux da7e394bf58f94e9783379fef7c7fb4411b03208 < 87b9d7a4cfbed5f42af440372026270af997c766
Linux da7e394bf58f94e9783379fef7c7fb4411b03208 < 6af6be278e3ba2ffb6af5b796c89dfb3f5d9063e
Linux 6.19