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CVE-2025-38286: pinctrl: at91: Fix possible out-of-boundary access

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: at91: Fix possible out-of-boundary access at91_gpio_probe() doesn't check that given OF alias is not available or something went wrong when trying to get it. This might have consequences when accessing gpio_chips array with that value as an index. Note, that BUG() can be compiled out and hence won't actually perform the required checks.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 3.8 before 5.4.295; from 5.5 before 5.10.239; from 5.11 before 5.15.186; from 5.16 before 6.1.142; from 6.2 before 6.6.94; from 6.7 before 6.12.34 — fixed in 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.1.142, 6.12.34, 6.15.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.1.142. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/264a5cf0c422e65c94447a1ebebfac7c92690670
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/288c39286f759314ee8fb3a80a858179b4f306da
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ecafe59668d2506a68459a9d169ebe41a147a41
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/762ef7d1e6eefad9896560bfcb9bcf7f1b6df9c1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5665cbfd766db7d8cd0e5fd6e3c0b412916774
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02e12d6a7ab76c83849a4122785650dc7edef65
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb435bc4c74acbb286cec773deac13d117d3ef39
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c1fdc41fbf7e308ced9c86f3f66345a3f6f478
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

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