CVE-2024-26978
Published: May 1, 2024
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected f5c252aaa1be5d38604e58e9bd335065f767d0d8 - < 7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0affected 85d79478710ad2cbf11857aec107084a7104943e - < c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735affected 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a - < 12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3affected 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a - < 2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8aaffected 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a - < 5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.0unaffected 0 - < 6.0unaffected 5.4.274 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.215 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 6.1.84 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
References
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