# pinctrl: mediatek: paris: bypass pinctrl GPIO layer in set GPIO direction

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97501`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97501`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:04 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `805250982bb5c5ce4a6e52e1d87204c5feea0dd1 to before f1536772cb3e4aa8d63988051f6fd6e4bb005cf7` (git)
  - affected: `805250982bb5c5ce4a6e52e1d87204c5feea0dd1 to before 482ba972f9638f467df2d498b46384a1d1f80529` (git)
  - affected: `805250982bb5c5ce4a6e52e1d87204c5feea0dd1 to before 3c4897861759fd8bd81dc2ada92121ac76332592` (git)
  - affected: `805250982bb5c5ce4a6e52e1d87204c5feea0dd1 to before 428b031dad390edd5da729b9afd474a95dc4f76b` (git)
  - affected: `805250982bb5c5ce4a6e52e1d87204c5feea0dd1 to before c87c9046c4e00d599454e033a477176c4d73ac2a` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.20`
  - unaffected: `before 4.20` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel's MediaTek pinctrl driver (paris) is affected from version 4.20 until the fixes, and stable releases 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.53 and later are unaffected. The source gives few details on attacker access or impact; it describes a large kernel warning when GPIO direction is set. Upgrade to a fixed kernel release; no workaround is listed.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97501](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97501)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97501](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97501)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1536772cb3e4aa8d63988051f6fd6e4bb005cf7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/482ba972f9638f467df2d498b46384a1d1f80529>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4897861759fd8bd81dc2ada92121ac76332592>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428b031dad390edd5da729b9afd474a95dc4f76b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c87c9046c4e00d599454e033a477176c4d73ac2a>

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