CVE-2026-64023 gpio: aggregator: fix a potential use-after-free

What is CVE-2026-64023?

CVE-2026-64023 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio: aggregator: fix a potential use-after-free

On error we free aggr->lookups->dev_id before removing the entry from the lookup table. If a concurrent thread calls gpiod_find() before we remove the entry, it could iterate over the list and call gpiod_match_lookup_table() which unconditionally dereferences dev_id when calling strcmp(). Reverse the order of cleanup.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-64023?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-64023?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2026-64023 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64023 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-64023, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64023, GHSA-pp22-5w4f-hc5v, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64023.