In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: mcp23s08: Initialize mcp->dev and mcp->addr before regmap init Regmap initialization triggers regcache_maple_populate() which attempts SPI read to populate cache. SPI read requires mcp->dev and mcp->addr to be set, without them, NULL pointer dereference occurs during probe. Move initialization before mcp23s08_spi_regmap_init() call.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `pinctrl: mcp23s08` driver. During the initialization of the `regmap` (register map) for the `mcp23s08` component, an attempt to perform an SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) read occurs before critical device parameters (`mcp->dev` and `mcp->addr`) are properly set. This premature access leads to a NULL pointer dereference, which can cause a system crash and result in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53344 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53344 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026070145-CVE-2026-53344-231c@gregkh/T