CVE-2025-68167
Published Dec 16, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
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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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-68167? +
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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