# CVE-2026-53307: pinctrl: pinconf-generic: Fully validate 'pinmux' property

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-26 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: pinconf-generic: Fully validate 'pinmux' property The pinconf_generic_parse_dt_pinmux() assumes that the 'pinmux' property is not empty when present. This might be not true. With that, the allocator will give a special value in return and not NULL which lead to the crash when trying to access that (invalid) memory. Fix that by fully validating 'pinmux' value, including its length.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6476aac13805721e16439bd71f0e1703a4154517
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7842b722169359e7ffe4b838d2496e9e72ac996
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c98324ea7849b6e5baa1774f71709b375a2c2f9e

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