5.5

CVE-2026-46258

gpio: cdev: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.1% 0.011
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b9d7a4cfbed5f42af440372026270af997c766
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6af6be278e3ba2ffb6af5b796c89dfb3f5d9063e
Patch