mchp eic

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The mchp eic tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Microchip External Interrupt Controller, particularly in the context of Linux kernel patches. Recent content focuses on a security fix for CVE-2025-68766, which addressed an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the irqchip/mchp-eic driver. The patch corrected an error-handling flaw where invalid hardware interrupt numbers could bypass validation, potentially leading to memory access issues. This tag is relevant for developers and system administrators working with Microchip hardware on Linux systems, especially those concerned with kernel security and interrupt controller stability.
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    Linux Kernel Patch: MCHP EIC IRQ Mapping Fixed (CVE-2025-68766)

    The Linux kernel received a focused upstream fix for CVE-2025-68766 that corrects an error-handling bug in the Microchip External Interrupt Controller (irqchip/mchp-eic) code: when irq_domain_translate_twocell could produce a hardware interrupt number (hwirq) equal to or greater than the...
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