{"id":"CVE-2025-68167","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpiolib: fix invalid pointer access in debugfs\n\nIf the memory allocation in gpiolib_seq_start() fails, the s->private\nfield remains uninitialized and is later dereferen…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpiolib: fix invalid pointer access in debugfs\n\nIf the memory allocation in gpiolib_seq_start() fails, the s->private\nfield remains uninitialized and is later dereferen…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68167","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f6115ad8864cf3f48598f26c74c7c8e5c391919","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c91c8f424d3e44c8645ab765a38773e58afb07d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70180a6031056096c93ed2f47c41803268bdd91c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00152,"epssPercentile":0.03902,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.442Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68167","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpiolib: fix invalid pointer access in debugfs\n\nIf the memory allocation in gpiolib_seq_start() fails, the s->private\nfield remains uninitialized and is later dereferenced without checking\nin gpiolib_seq_stop(). Initialize s->private to NULL before calling\nkzalloc() and check it before dereferencing it.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}