{"id":"CVE-2026-99162","aliases":[],"title":"gpio: shared: fix use-after-free bug when adding shared proxies","titleSource":"Linux","descriptionSource":"Linux","products":[{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a","status":"affected","lessThan":"8861491f8501516429e0e6c9d7a056480047227c","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a060b8c511abb0997381b397e52149a5e3e5259a","status":"affected","lessThan":"bd22f7e63509fa758cf500d9af3e88a3d3df96be","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99162"},{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.19","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.13","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99162"}],"remediation":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: shared: fix use-after-free bug when adding shared proxies\n\nThe GPIO lookup table can stay alive for longer than the kobject whose\nname string's address we're assigning to lookup->dev_id. Fix a potential\nUAF by duplicating the string.","severity":"unknown","score":null,"published":"2026-10-28T10:35:14.755Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:14.755Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8861491f8501516429e0e6c9d7a056480047227c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd22f7e63509fa758cf500d9af3e88a3d3df96be"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-99162","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:14.755Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99162"}],"assessments":[],"sourceAffected":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-29T03:15:31.428Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}