Linux kernel samsung-dsim TE GPIO lifetime error on DSI host attach
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The samsung-dsim display bridge driver in the Linux kernel mismanages the lifetime of its TE GPIO. The driver requests the GPIO with a managed descriptor but releases it with explicit puts, and host reattach after detach requests the GPIO again without releasing it.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/bridge: samsung-dsim: fix TE GPIO lifetime for host attach When the Exynos DSI driver was generalized into samsung-dsim, the TE GPIO acquisition was switched from gpiod_get_optional() to devm_gpiod_get_optional() while keeping the matching gpiod_put() calls. That combination is wrong for a managed descriptor. However, dropping the puts and keeping the managed get is also wrong: samsung_dsim_register_te_irq() runs from the DSI host attach callback, and host detach/reattach can happen without destroying the device that owns the managed action. A second attach would then request the GPIO again without having released it. Switch back to a non-managed gpiod_get_optional() and keep the explicit gpiod_put() on the request_irq() error path and in samsung_dsim_unregister_te_irq(). [Luca: remove unnecessary comment]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
The Linux kernel fixes this in 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9 and 7.3.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98605
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-7p9h-67r4-584r
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77a43e00c57486a5212ef22d4665cafad62a5d4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5759bbef951c39d264ac0f47daa4137d01403aea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebffd70e4877bb7554974cf975a27872f2bb225f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b796251c3cca45a33a5c859c6818c58aa982277
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ada667890773e033d2f40dc94176e3beb930b516
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98605 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98605 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7p9h-67r4-584r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98605 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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