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CVE-2025-38654: pinctrl: canaan: k230: Fix order of DT parse and pinctrl register

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2025-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: canaan: k230: Fix order of DT parse and pinctrl register Move DT parse before pinctrl register. This ensures that device tree parsing is done before calling devm_pinctrl_register() to prevent using uninitialized pin resources.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.13 before 6.15.10; from 6.16 before 6.16.1 — fixed in 6.15.10, 6.16.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.15.10, 6.16.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02c1deb1bff2b6d242e29a51e56107495979a2b8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ec03251d01494ef207089b5bd626becfd05fd86
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94a32ac688f953dc9a9f12b5b4139ecad841bbb

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