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CVE-2026-53344

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-07-01 Modified: 2026-07-23

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: mcp23s08: Initialize mcp->dev and mcp->addr before regmap init Regmap initialization triggers regcache_maple_populate() which attempts SPI read to populate cache. SPI read requires mcp->dev and mcp->addr to be set, without them, NULL pointer dereference occurs during probe. Move initialization before mcp23s08_spi_regmap_init() call.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-908

References