# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-80999"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-11T19:42:53.509Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:46:23.651Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80999"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80999.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80999"
title: "net: dsa: realtek: use gpiod_set_value_cansleep for reset GPIO"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: dsa: realtek: use gpiod_set_value_cansleep for reset GPIO\n\nrtl83xx_reset_assert() and rtl83xx_reset_deassert() are only called from\nthe probe path, which may sleep and is not timing-critical.  When the\nreset GPIO is provided by a sleeping controller such as an I2C I/O\nexpander, gpiod_set_value() warns:\n\n  WARNING: drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c:4030 at gpiod_set_value+0x44/0x80, CPU#1: kworker/u16:4/61\n  Hardware name: B&O MAP CA33 Rev f (UNKNOWN) (DT)\n  Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func\n  pc : gpiod_set_value+0x44/0x80\n  lr : rtl83xx_probe+0x1d8/0x3a0\n  Call trace:\n   gpiod_set_value+0x44/0x80 (P)\n   rtl83xx_probe+0x1d8/0x3a0\n   realtek_mdio_probe+0x24/0xa0\n   mdio_probe+0x38/0x78\n   really_probe+0xc4/0x3e0\n   __driver_probe_device+0x15c/0x1b8\n   driver_probe_device+0xb4/0x120\n   __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x1a0\n   bus_for_each_drv+0x88/0xf0\n   __device_attach+0xa0/0x1d8\n   device_initial_probe+0x54/0x68\n   bus_probe_device+0x38/0xa0\n   deferred_probe_work_func+0xb8/0x120\n   process_one_work+0x184/0x4e8\n   worker_thread+0x188/0x308\n   kthread+0x130/0x150\n   ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nSwitch both helpers to gpiod_set_value_cansleep() so such a reset GPIO can\nbe used without triggering the warning.\n\nThe reset GPIO has been driven with the non-sleeping gpiod_set_value()\nsince the driver was added in v4.19.  The call has since been refactored\nacross several files - from realtek-smi.c / realtek-mdio.c into the common\nrtl83xx.c module and then into the rtl83xx_reset_assert() and\nrtl83xx_reset_deassert() helpers (both in v6.9).  This patch therefore\napplies as-is only to kernels that carry those helpers (v6.9+); older\nstable kernels need the same gpiod_set_value_cansleep() conversion at the\ncorresponding open-coded call sites."
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