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GHSA-QPPW-2696-658W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-01 06:31 – Updated: 2024-06-26 00:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation

When trying to instantiate a max14830 device from userspace:

echo max14830 0x60 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device

we get the following error:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address...
...
Call trace:
    max310x_i2c_probe+0x48/0x170 [max310x]
    i2c_device_probe+0x150/0x2a0
...

Add check for validity of devtype to prevent the error, and abort probe with a meaningful error message.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-26978 (GCVE-0-2024-26978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-01 05:20 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:40

Title

serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation When trying to instantiate a max14830 device from userspace: echo max14830 0x60 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device we get the following error: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address... ... Call trace: max310x_i2c_probe+0x48/0x170 [max310x] i2c_device_probe+0x150/0x2a0 ... Add check for validity of devtype to prevent the error, and abort probe with a meaningful error message.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-06-06 18:50 UTC

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d27056c24efd3d63…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…	x_transferred

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
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Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.0 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.274 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.215 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.84 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.24 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.7.12 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.8.3 , ≤ 6.8.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.9 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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