In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: spi-fsl-dspi: Fix crash when not using GPIO chip select
Add check for the return value of spi_get_csgpiod() to avoid passing a NULL
pointer to gpiod_direction_output(), preventing a crash when GPIO chip
select is not used.
Fix below crash:
[ 4.251960] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 4.260762] Mem abort info:
[ 4.263556] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 4.267308] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 4.272624] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 4.275681] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 4.278822] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 4.283704] Data abort info:
[ 4.286583] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 4.292074] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 4.297130] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 4.302445] [0000000000000000] user address but active_mm is swapper
[ 4.308805] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 4.315072] Modules linked in:
[ 4.318124] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-next-20241023-00008-ga20ec42c5fc1 #359
[ 4.328130] Hardware name: LS1046A QDS Board (DT)
[ 4.332832] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 4.339794] pc : gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0x5c
[ 4.344505] lr : gpiod_direction_output+0x18/0x5c
[ 4.349208] sp : ffff80008003b8f0
[ 4.352517] x29: ffff80008003b8f0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffc96bcc7e9068
[ 4.359659] x26: ffffc96bcc6e00b0 x25: ffffc96bcc598398 x24: ffff447400132810
[ 4.366800] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000011e1a300 x21: 0000000000020002
[ 4.373940] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[ 4.381081] x17: ffff44740016e600 x16: 0000000500000003 x15: 0000000000000007
[ 4.388221] x14: 0000000000989680 x13: 0000000000020000 x12: 000000000000001e
[ 4.395362] x11: 0044b82fa09b5a53 x10: 0000000000000019 x9 : 0000000000000008
[ 4.402502] x8 : 0000000000000002 x7 : 0000000000000007 x6 : 0000000000000000
[ 4.409641] x5 : 0000000000000200 x4 : 0000000002000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ 4.416781] x2 : 0000000000022202 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
[ 4.423921] Call trace:
[ 4.426362] gpiod_direction_output+0x34/0x5c (P)
[ 4.431067] gpiod_direction_output+0x18/0x5c (L)
[ 4.435771] dspi_setup+0x220/0x334
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it