CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53344

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.10%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

A fix in the Linux kernel for the pinctrl mcp23s08 driver. Initialization of mcp->dev and mcp->addr was too late, causing a NULL pointer dereference during regmap init.

Risk Assessment

The bug can prevent MCP23S08 GPIO chips from working, causing system failure.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch containing this improvement.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: mcp23s08: Initialize mcp->dev and mcp->addr before regmap init Regmap initialization triggers regcache_maple_populate() which attempts SPI read to populate cache. SPI read requires mcp->dev and mcp->addr to be set, without them, NULL pointer dereference occurs during probe. Move initialization before mcp23s08_spi_regmap_init() call.

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