{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98971","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.383Z","datePublished":"2026-10-23T12:19:44.536Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:40:37.940Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:40:37.940Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: exar: initialize the ID before registering its cleanup\n\ndevm_add_action_or_reset() invokes the cleanup action immediately when\nregistering the action fails.  gpio_exar_probe() currently stores the\nallocated ID in exar_gpio only after registering the action, so that\nfailure makes exar_devm_ida_free() release ID 0.  If the allocated ID is\nnonzero, this leaks that ID and can free ID 0 belonging to another device.\n\nStore the ID before registering the cleanup action so both the immediate\nfailure path and normal device teardown release the correct allocation."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"0250acba81654b2ee50bde324ad72b3f0c04d0bd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"88b9c4bbf83d940ab672956e5af921215905dcb4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"bf3d841ef12fcbec4458e2750956b738b043a226","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"b78c114600ae3df90c083c72c290437b068577c8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"01318927a9055136c207399eeb36ce07becac179","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"f7ec4dbd2a073dd53b6349be1c586fe8580dd6b2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5300ebb695fa0672589ab191062392f686fca75d","lessThan":"4d69e74034b208588636ecc177e0dd43a7696af3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.224","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.113","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.57","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.11","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.224"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.191"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.160"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.113"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.57"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.11"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0250acba81654b2ee50bde324ad72b3f0c04d0bd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b9c4bbf83d940ab672956e5af921215905dcb4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf3d841ef12fcbec4458e2750956b738b043a226"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b78c114600ae3df90c083c72c290437b068577c8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01318927a9055136c207399eeb36ce07becac179"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ec4dbd2a073dd53b6349be1c586fe8580dd6b2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d69e74034b208588636ecc177e0dd43a7696af3"}],"title":"gpio: exar: initialize the ID before registering its cleanup","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}