# CVE-2025-68167: gpiolib: fix invalid pointer access in debugfs

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: fix invalid pointer access in debugfs If the memory allocation in gpiolib_seq_start() fails, the s->private field remains uninitialized and is later dereferenced without checking in gpiolib_seq_stop(). Initialize s->private to NULL before calling kzalloc() and check it before dereferencing it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70180a6031056096c93ed2f47c41803268bdd91c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c91c8f424d3e44c8645ab765a38773e58afb07d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f6115ad8864cf3f48598f26c74c7c8e5c391919

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