CVE-2025-71158 — gpio: mpsse: ensure worker is torn down
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 …
Published: 2026-01-23 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7