# CVE-2025-21783: gpiolib: Fix crash on error in gpiochip\_get\_ngpios()

- 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: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: Fix crash on error in gpiochip_get_ngpios() The gpiochip_get_ngpios() uses chip_*() macros to print messages. However these macros rely on gpiodev to be initialised and set, which is not the case when called via bgpio_init(). In such a case the printing messages will crash on NULL pointer dereference. Replace chip_*() macros by the respective dev_*() ones to avoid such crash.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d9b2b62e1136d10f661ec4c0c268140b6f74f4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7052afa9eae2239e25943baa8817a6a56e8aa68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/189fb76215e479c10731baabb50f1a352d2078f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b4aebeecbbd5b5fe73e35fad3f62ed21aa7ef44

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