# CVE-2023-52512: pinctrl: nuvoton: wpcm450: fix out of bounds write

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-02 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: nuvoton: wpcm450: fix out of bounds write Write into 'pctrl->gpio_bank' happens before the check for GPIO index validity, so out of bounds write may happen. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c18c386fd13dbb3ff31a1086dabb526780d9bda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d7cac0fd27c74dd368e80dc4b5d0f9f2e13cf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87d315a34133edcb29c4cadbf196ec6c30dfd47b

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