# CVE-2025-38286: pinctrl: at91: Fix possible out-of-boundary access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: at91: Fix possible out-of-boundary access at91_gpio_probe() doesn't check that given OF alias is not available or something went wrong when trying to get it. This might have consequences when accessing gpio_chips array with that value as an index. Note, that BUG() can be compiled out and hence won't actually perform the required checks.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/264a5cf0c422e65c94447a1ebebfac7c92690670
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5665cbfd766db7d8cd0e5fd6e3c0b412916774
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ecafe59668d2506a68459a9d169ebe41a147a41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c1fdc41fbf7e308ced9c86f3f66345a3f6f478
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb435bc4c74acbb286cec773deac13d117d3ef39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02e12d6a7ab76c83849a4122785650dc7edef65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/288c39286f759314ee8fb3a80a858179b4f306da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/762ef7d1e6eefad9896560bfcb9bcf7f1b6df9c1

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