CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74733

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the gpio: pca953x driver, the function pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock did not hold the i2c_lock during regmap calls, which could lead to incorrect register read/write under concurrent access. A previous patch only protected the write to the interrupt mask register, not the read from the direction register.

Risk Assessment

Risk of incorrect GPIO operation, potentially leading to hardware control errors or system instability.

Recommendation

Apply a kernel update containing the fix that ensures the i2c_lock is held during all regmap operations in this function.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: pca953x: fix pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock regmap lock Locking is disabled in the regmap config as this driver uses its own lock. This means that all calls to regmap functions (read or write) must hold the i2c_lock. The function pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock() did not do this, and it was therefore possible that multiple threads could cause an incorrect register to be read/written. A previous patch partly fixed this, but only protected the write to the interrupt mask register, and not the read from the direction register.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS