{"cve":"CVE-2025-68167","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T14:15:48.540","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpiolib: fix invalid pointer access in debugfs\n\nIf the memory allocation in gpiolib_seq_start() fails, the s->private\nfield remains uninitialized and is later dereferenced without checking\nin gpiolib_seq_stop(). Initialize s->private to NULL before calling\nkzalloc() and check it before dereferencing it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f6115ad8864cf3f48598f26c74c7c8e5c391919","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c91c8f424d3e44c8645ab765a38773e58afb07d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70180a6031056096c93ed2f47c41803268bdd91c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68167","score":0.00152,"percentile":0.04336,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}