CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-71158

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's GPIO MPSSE driver, the IRQ worker is not properly torn down when the device is unplugged. A running IRQ worker causes a crash on unplug, as the hardware was not originally hotpluggable.

Risk Assessment

The organization using GPIO MPSSE devices (e.g., Sealevel) may experience system crashes when unplugging the device, impacting stability and hot-swap capability.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds a spinlock to protect the worker list and tears down workers on disconnect.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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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