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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-23158",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.978Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-02-14T16:01:24.568Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:01:20.155Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path\n\nThe gpio-virtuser configfs release path uses guard(mutex) to protect\nthe device structure. However, the device is freed before the guard\ncleanup runs, causing mutex_unlock() to operate on freed memory.\n\nSpecifically, gpio_virtuser_device_config_group_release() destroys\nthe mutex and frees the device while still inside the guard(mutex)\nscope. When the function returns, the guard cleanup invokes\nmutex_unlock(&dev->lock), resulting in a slab use-after-free.\n\nLimit the mutex lifetime by using a scoped_guard() only around the\nactivation check, so that the lock is released before mutex_destroy()\nand kfree() are called."
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/815a8e3bf72811d402b30bd4a53cde5e9df7a563"
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