Tracker / CVE-2024-26978
CVE-2024-26978
Medium 5.5
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.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 5.4.274 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 6.1.84 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.5 → 5.10.215 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.24 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.7.12 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.8 → 6.8.3 |
Analysis
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