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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53237" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-25T08:39:33.833Z" updatedAt: "2026-06-25T08:39:33.833Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53237" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53237.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53237" title: "gpio: mvebu: fix NULL pointer dereference in suspend/resume" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpio: mvebu: fix NULL pointer dereference in suspend/resume\n\nmvebu_pwm_suspend() and mvebu_pwm_resume() are called for all GPIO\nbanks during suspend/resume, but not all banks have PWM functionality.\nGPIO banks without PWM have mvchip-\u003emvpwm set to NULL.\n\nCalling mvebu_pwm_suspend() with mvpwm == NULL causes a NULL pointer\ndereference when it tries to access mvpwm-\u003eblink_select.\n\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000020 when write\n [00000020] *pgd=00000000\n Internal error: Oops: 815 [#1] PREEMPT ARM\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 406 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.12.74-rt12-yocto-standard-g4e96f98fb7db-dirty #353\n Hardware name: Marvell Armada 370/XP (Device Tree)\n PC is at regmap_mmio_read+0x38/0x54\n LR is at regmap_mmio_read+0x38/0x54\n pc : [\u003cc05fd2ac\u003e] lr : [\u003cc05fd2ac\u003e] psr: 200f0013\n sp : f0c11d10 ip : 00000000 fp : c100d2f0\n r10: c14fb854 r9 : 00000000 r8 : 00000000\n r7 : c1799c00 r6 : 00000020 r5 : 00000020 r4 : c179c7c0\n r3 : f0a231a0 r2 : 00000020 r1 : 00000020 r0 : 00000000\n Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none\n Control: 10c5387d Table: 135ec059 DAC: 00000051\n Call trace:\n regmap_mmio_read from _regmap_bus_reg_read+0x78/0xac\n _regmap_bus_reg_read from _regmap_read+0x60/0x154\n _regmap_read from regmap_read+0x3c/0x60\n regmap_read from mvebu_gpio_suspend+0xa4/0x14c\n mvebu_gpio_suspend from dpm_run_callback+0x54/0x180\n dpm_run_callback from device_suspend+0x124/0x630\n device_suspend from dpm_suspend+0x124/0x270\n dpm_suspend from dpm_suspend_start+0x64/0x6c\n dpm_suspend_start from suspend_devices_and_enter+0x140/0x8e8\n suspend_devices_and_enter from pm_suspend+0x2fc/0x308\n pm_suspend from state_store+0x6c/0xc8\n state_store from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x10c/0x1f8\n kernfs_fop_write_iter from vfs_write+0x270/0x468\n vfs_write from ksys_write+0x70/0xf0\n ksys_write from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54\n\nAdd a NULL check for mvchip-\u003emvpwm before calling the PWM\nsuspend/resume functions." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"757642f9a584e893f3f4e50c99b674ee8a3ed363","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7db09011ce62162d72897fc4856b4425245dfe35"},{"version":"757642f9a584e893f3f4e50c99b674ee8a3ed363","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4ef24338eda3c7e96d6f94a988266ff16ed3985d"},{"version":"757642f9a584e893f3f4e50c99b674ee8a3ed363","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6136c1474db88272231573e222896e1998d34662"},{"version":"757642f9a584e893f3f4e50c99b674ee8a3ed363","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c9677a9274ffb44987ec209dc8ec9f2d34946956"},{"version":"757642f9a584e893f3f4e50c99b674ee8a3ed363","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b9ad50d7505ebd48282ec3630258dc820fc85c81"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.12"},{"version":"6.6.143","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.94","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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