Bug 2467068 (CVE-2026-43181) - CVE-2026-43181 kernel: gpio: sysfs: fix chip removal with GPIOs exported over sysfs
Summary: CVE-2026-43181 kernel: gpio: sysfs: fix chip removal with GPIOs exported over...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43181
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-06 13:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 20:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 13:02:33 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio: sysfs: fix chip removal with GPIOs exported over sysfs

Currently if we export a GPIO over sysfs and unbind the parent GPIO
controller, the exported attribute will remain under /sys/class/gpio
because once we remove the parent device, we can no longer associate the
descriptor with it in gpiod_unexport() and never drop the final
reference.

Rework the teardown code: provide an unlocked variant of
gpiod_unexport() and remove all exported GPIOs with the sysfs_lock taken
before unregistering the parent device itself. This is done to prevent
any new exports happening before we unregister the device completely.


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