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CVE-2026-99257: Linux kernel · gpio: shared: gracefully handle no-device lookup of shared GPIOs

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited : upgrade to cf73c3fc03c43a8a86fd487c62390b4744eff9ec or 7f9eb6aaf9a3ab7fa2b7dcc38660c27db12d4ec1 when convenient.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 11:58 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated Medium by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in cf73c3fc03c43a8a86fd487c62390b4744eff9ec, 7f9eb6aaf9a3ab7fa2b7dcc38660c27db12d4ec1

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 3 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Linux kernel to cf73c3fc03c43a8a86fd487c62390b4744eff9ec or 7f9eb6aaf9a3ab7fa2b7dcc38660c27db12d4ec1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a, < cf73c3fc03c43a8a86fd487c62390b4744eff9ec
Fixed in
  • cf73c3fc03c43a8a86fd487c62390b4744eff9ec
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a, < 7f9eb6aaf9a3ab7fa2b7dcc38660c27db12d4ec1
Fixed in
  • 7f9eb6aaf9a3ab7fa2b7dcc38660c27db12d4ec1
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =6.19
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

The vulnerability has been fixed in the Linux kernel. Users should update to the fixed versions identified by the commits cf73c3fc03c43a8a86fd487c62390b4744eff9ec and 7f9eb6aaf9a3ab7fa2b7dcc38660c27db12d4ec1. No additional mitigation steps are necessary.

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.

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