<Vulnerability name="CVE-2026-53237">
    <DocumentDistribution xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.</DocumentDistribution>
    <PublicDate>2026-06-25T00:00:00</PublicDate>
    <Bugzilla id="2492780" url="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492780" xml:lang="en:us">
kernel: gpio: mvebu: fix NULL pointer dereference in suspend/resume
    </Bugzilla>
    <CWE>CWE-476</CWE>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Mitre">
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio: mvebu: fix NULL pointer dereference in suspend/resume

mvebu_pwm_suspend() and mvebu_pwm_resume() are called for all GPIO
banks during suspend/resume, but not all banks have PWM functionality.
GPIO banks without PWM have mvchip-&gt;mvpwm set to NULL.

Calling mvebu_pwm_suspend() with mvpwm == NULL causes a NULL pointer
dereference when it tries to access mvpwm-&gt;blink_select.

  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000020 when write
  [00000020] *pgd=00000000
  Internal error: Oops: 815 [#1] PREEMPT ARM
  Modules linked in:
  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 406 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.12.74-rt12-yocto-standard-g4e96f98fb7db-dirty #353
  Hardware name: Marvell Armada 370/XP (Device Tree)
  PC is at regmap_mmio_read+0x38/0x54
  LR is at regmap_mmio_read+0x38/0x54
  pc : [&lt;c05fd2ac&gt;]    lr : [&lt;c05fd2ac&gt;]    psr: 200f0013
  sp : f0c11d10  ip : 00000000  fp : c100d2f0
  r10: c14fb854  r9 : 00000000  r8 : 00000000
  r7 : c1799c00  r6 : 00000020  r5 : 00000020  r4 : c179c7c0
  r3 : f0a231a0  r2 : 00000020  r1 : 00000020  r0 : 00000000
  Flags: nzCv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment none
  Control: 10c5387d  Table: 135ec059  DAC: 00000051
  Call trace:
   regmap_mmio_read from _regmap_bus_reg_read+0x78/0xac
   _regmap_bus_reg_read from _regmap_read+0x60/0x154
   _regmap_read from regmap_read+0x3c/0x60
   regmap_read from mvebu_gpio_suspend+0xa4/0x14c
   mvebu_gpio_suspend from dpm_run_callback+0x54/0x180
   dpm_run_callback from device_suspend+0x124/0x630
   device_suspend from dpm_suspend+0x124/0x270
   dpm_suspend from dpm_suspend_start+0x64/0x6c
   dpm_suspend_start from suspend_devices_and_enter+0x140/0x8e8
   suspend_devices_and_enter from pm_suspend+0x2fc/0x308
   pm_suspend from state_store+0x6c/0xc8
   state_store from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x10c/0x1f8
   kernfs_fop_write_iter from vfs_write+0x270/0x468
   vfs_write from ksys_write+0x70/0xf0
   ksys_write from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54

Add a NULL check for mvchip-&gt;mvpwm before calling the PWM
suspend/resume functions.
    </Details>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Red Hat">
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Marvell EBU (mvebu) General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) driver. During system suspend and resume operations, the mvebu_pwm_suspend() and mvebu_pwm_resume() functions are called for all GPIO banks. However, not all banks have Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) functionality, leading to a NULL pointer dereference if the PWM-related pointer is not properly checked. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by triggering a kernel crash.
    </Details>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <References xml:lang="en:us">
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53237
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53237
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062510-CVE-2026-53237-c5c6@gregkh/T
    </References>
</Vulnerability>