Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: canaan: k230: Fix NULL pointer dereference when parsing devicetree
When probing the k230 pinctrl driver, the kernel triggers a NULL pointer dereference. The crash trace showed: [ 0.732084] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000068 [ 0.740737] ... [ 0.776296] epc : k230_pinctrl_probe+0x1be/0x4fc
In k230_pinctrl_parse_functions(), we attempt to retrieve the device pointer via info->pctl_dev->dev, but info->pctl_dev is only initialized after k230_pinctrl_parse_dt() completes.
At the time of DT parsing, info->pctl_dev is still NULL, leading to the invalid dereference of info->pctl_dev->dev.
Use the already available device pointer from platform_device instead of accessing through uninitialized pctl_dev.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= d94a32ac688f953dc9a9f12b5b4139ecad841bbb, < 3c7d637bfc3dfbd6471c68bd767f7eb8b5b09eba; >= d94a32ac688f953dc9a9f12b5b4139ecad841bbb, < 1d0d361f4dbc2bb2003594f84e4b101fc6b508c0; >= d94a32ac688f953dc9a9f12b5b4139ecad841bbb, < d8c128fb6c2277d95f3f6a4ce28b82c8370031f6; 02c1deb1bff2b6d242e29a51e56107495979a2b8; 0ec03251d01494ef207089b5bd626becfd05fd86; >= 6.15.10, < 6.16; >= 6.16.1, < 6.17 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.17 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 3, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 22, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed