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The pinctrl tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Linux kernel's pin control subsystem, including security vulnerabilities and bug fixes. Recent threads detail CVE-2025-68222, which addresses uninitialized structure fields in the NXP S32 SoC family pin controller driver (pinctrl: s32cc), causing device-tree parsing failures and allocation errors. Another thread covers CVE-2025-40030, a fix for a NULL-pointer dereference in the pinmux_ops::get_function_name callback. These topics are relevant for developers and system administrators working with Linux kernel stability and hardware bring-up on affected platforms.
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    CVE-2025-68222: Fix for uninitialized pinctrl s32cc fields in Linux kernel

    A recently assigned CVE — CVE-2025-68222 — calls attention to a subtle but impactful class of bugs in the Linux kernel: uninitialized structure fields in device-driver descriptors. The vulnerability affects the NXP S32 SoC family pin controller driver (pinctrl: s32cc) and was recorded after...
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    • devicetree embedded systems linux kernel pinctrl
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
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    Linux pinctrl CVE-2025-40030 Tiny patch fixes NULL pointer crash

    The Linux kernel has received a small but important defensive fix for a potential NULL‑pointer dereference in the pin control (pinctrl) subsystem: CVE‑2025‑40030 corrects a missing NULL check when calling the pinmux_ops::get_function_name callback so that a returned NULL pointer cannot be passed...
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    • cve 2025 40030 linux kernel pinctrl security patch
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
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