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        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.991Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-05-06T11:27:53.626Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:19:24.836Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: sysfs: fix chip removal with GPIOs exported over sysfs\n\nCurrently if we export a GPIO over sysfs and unbind the parent GPIO\ncontroller, the exported attribute will remain under /sys/class/gpio\nbecause once we remove the parent device, we can no longer associate the\ndescriptor with it in gpiod_unexport() and never drop the final\nreference.\n\nRework the teardown code: provide an unlocked variant of\ngpiod_unexport() and remove all exported GPIOs with the sysfs_lock taken\nbefore unregistering the parent device itself. This is done to prevent\nany new exports happening before we unregister the device completely."
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