{"id":"CVE-2026-98397","published":"2026-10-14T14:17:50.657","lastModified":"2026-10-14T14:17:50.657","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: x86-android-tablets: hold device reference for secondary fwnode teardown\n\nIn gpio_secondary_fwnode_init(), acpi_bus_find_device_by_name() returns a\ndevice reference, but the local dev variable is declared with\n__free(put_device), dropping the reference at the end of each iteration.\nMeanwhile, devm_add_action_or_reset() saves the dev pointer for\ngpio_secondary_unset() without incrementing its reference count, which\ncould lead to a use-after-free during driver teardown if the device is\nreleased in the interim.\n\nAcquire an explicit device reference with get_device() when registering\nthe devres action, and drop it with put_device() inside\ngpio_secondary_unset().","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144113b0a70fa18033a747ee5db6803308f7688c","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62b6e081119f2ab03cfcafde1f83c0f50e8e726","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}