CVE-2025-71158 (GCVE-0-2025-71158)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-23 15:23
Modified
2026-08-05 12:12
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: mpsse: ensure worker is torn down When an IRQ worker is running, unplugging the device would cause a crash. The sealevel hardware this driver was written for was not hotpluggable, so I never realized it. This change uses a spinlock to protect a list of workers, which it tears down on disconnect.
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Linux Linux Version: c46a74ff05c0ac76ba11ef21c930c3b447abf31a
Version: c46a74ff05c0ac76ba11ef21c930c3b447abf31a
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