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CVE-2025-38655: pinctrl: canaan: k230: add NULL check in DT parse

• 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
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: canaan: k230: add NULL check in DT parse Add a NULL check for the return value of of_get_property() when retrieving the "pinmux" property in the group parser. This avoids a potential NULL pointer dereference if the property is missing from the device tree node. Also fix a typo ("sintenel") in the device ID match table comment, correcting it to "sentinel".

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/5d324b262c0ff256b8d603596574d66267b6394f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65bd0be486390fc12a84eafaad78758c5e5a55e6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5ae84aeff60b8819e8568ff0c57590caed9e6d3

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