DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98971

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: exar: initialize the ID before registering its cleanup devmaddactionorreset invokes the cleanup action immediately when registering the action fails. gpioexarprobe currently stores the allocated ID in exargpio only after...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98971

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: exar: initialize the ID before registering its cleanup devmaddactionorreset invokes the cleanup action immediately when registering the action fails. gpioexarprobe currently stores the allocated ID in exargpio only after...

CVE-2026-98971

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the gpio: exar driver. The root cause is that gpio_exar_probe() stores an allocated ID in exar_gpio only after registering a cleanup action via devm_add_action_or_reset(). If registration fails, the cleanup action is invoked immediately; however, becau...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98971

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - gpio: exar: initialize the ID before registering its cleanup devmaddactionorreset invokes the cleanup action immediately when registering the action fails...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

A security vulnerability exists in Linux kernel version 5.11. It stems from gpioexarprobe failing to save allocated IDs prior to performing registration cleanup; as a result, ID 0 is released upon registration failure. This may lead to the leakage of allocated IDs and subsequent release of ID 0 f...