{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","ecosystem":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr","packageName":"zephyr","product":"zephyr","source":"CNA: zephyr","vendor":"zephyrproject","versions":[{"lessThan":"4.5.0","status":"affected","version":"2.2.0","versionType":"semver"}]}],"cveId":"CVE-2026-82961","cwes":["CWE-787"],"description":"The GPIO syscall handlers in drivers/gpio/gpio_handlers.c did not validate the pin argument supplied by a user-mode caller. z_vrfy_gpio_pin_configure(), z_vrfy_gpio_pin_get_config() and z_vrfy_gpio_pin_interrupt_configure() verified only the device object (K_SYSCALL_DRIVER_GPIO() / K_SYSCALL_OBJ()) and then passed the caller-supplied gpio_pin_t straight through to z_impl_gpio_pin_*() and on to the driver. The only pin check in include/zephyr/drivers/gpio.h was __ASSERT(gpio_port_pin_is_supported(cfg->port_pin_mask, pin), ...), which compiles to nothing unless CONFIG_ASSERT is enabled, so in a production build no check existed at all.\n\nGPIO drivers use pin as a shift count and as an array index on the documented assumption that it is a pin the controller supports. On STM32, for example, gpio_stm32_pin_interrupt_configure() turns pin into an EXTI line and stm32_gpio_intc_set_irq_callback() writes data->cb[line_num].cb and data->cb[line_num].data into a NUM_EXTI_LINES-entry array (default 16) in drivers/interrupt_controller/intc_gpio_stm32.c, guarded only by a compiled-out __ASSERT_NO_MSG(); the same function then reads exti_irq_table[line_num] and calls irq_enable() on the result. Other controllers index fixed-size per-pin configuration tables the same way — drivers/gpio/gpio_ite_it8xxx2_v2.c reads an MMIO base pointer out of wuc_base[8] with the caller's pin and performs a read-modify-write through it.\n\nThe issue is reachable only in builds with CONFIG_USERSPACE=y (the file is compiled under that symbol), by a user-mode thread that has been granted access to a GPIO device object. Such a grant is intended to authorize control of that port's pins; the missing validation instead lets the thread drive a supervisor-mode out-of-bounds write of a function pointer and an associated void * past a kernel .bss array, and out-of-bounds reads that feed irq_enable() and MMIO accesses — an escape from the user-mode sandbox that can lead to kernel memory corruption, arbitrary code execution, or a crash.\n\nThe fix validates pin against the controller's gpio_driver_config.port_pin_mask with gpio_port_pin_is_supported() in every pin-taking z_vrfy_ handler and returns -EINVAL otherwise, complemented by an unconditional pin >= GPIO_MAX_PINS_PER_PORT range check added to the shared z_impl_gpio_pin_*() inlines.","epss":{"date":"2026-11-03","percentile":0.02568,"score":0.00129},"exploits":[],"kev":null,"metrics":[{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"CNA: zephyr","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"NVD: vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"}],"modifiedAt":1793769544117,"publishedAt":1793206738927,"references":[{"source":"CNA: zephyr","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/020e83e06b35e98a4a3c2354f67e5eee3f163363"},{"source":"CNA: zephyr","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/d145faab7e3a8cea62a8fd7ed5f30ef73e762f59"},{"source":"CNA: zephyr","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/c9641fa5bfec44892e0cf2d84f78c7c60fca8ad6"},{"source":"CNA: zephyr","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/d28a05d5de4420f27ba3de7b9e4442fa056d51de"},{"source":"CNA: zephyr","tags":[],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-4f2x-8qw8-jjgf"},{"source":"vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org","tags":[],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/020e83e06b35e98a4a3c2354f67e5eee3f163363"},{"source":"vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org","tags":[],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/c9641fa5bfec44892e0cf2d84f78c7c60fca8ad6"},{"source":"vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org","tags":[],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/d145faab7e3a8cea62a8fd7ed5f30ef73e762f59"},{"source":"vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org","tags":[],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/d28a05d5de4420f27ba3de7b9e4442fa056d51de"},{"source":"vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org","tags":[],"url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-4f2x-8qw8-jjgf"}],"remediation":[{"kind":"fix","source":"CNA: zephyr","text":"The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.","url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/020e83e06b35e98a4a3c2354f67e5eee3f163363"},{"kind":"fix","source":"CNA: zephyr","text":"The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.","url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/d145faab7e3a8cea62a8fd7ed5f30ef73e762f59"},{"kind":"fix","source":"CNA: zephyr","text":"The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.","url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/c9641fa5bfec44892e0cf2d84f78c7c60fca8ad6"},{"kind":"fix","source":"CNA: zephyr","text":"The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.","url":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/d28a05d5de4420f27ba3de7b9e4442fa056d51de"}],"revision":"836af004fec77461d2e292b7ddf71e391bd972cc06303953235dbfe7bb05db7f","sources":[{"modifiedAt":1793768496695,"name":"CNA: zephyr","retrievedAt":1793772793456,"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82961"},{"modifiedAt":1793769544117,"name":"NVD","retrievedAt":1793772991786,"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82961"},{"modifiedAt":null,"name":"FIRST EPSS","retrievedAt":1793772801161,"url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-82961"}],"ssvc":null,"status":"published","title":"Unvalidated pin index in GPIO syscall handlers allows out-of-bounds kernel writes from user mode","updatedAt":1793772991786}