ghsa-qppw-2696-658w
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-05-01 06:31
Modified
2024-06-26 00:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-26978"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-05-01T06:15:15Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation\n\nWhen trying to instantiate a max14830 device from userspace:\n\n    echo max14830 0x60 \u003e /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device\n\nwe get the following error:\n\n    Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address...\n    ...\n    Call trace:\n        max310x_i2c_probe+0x48/0x170 [max310x]\n        i2c_device_probe+0x150/0x2a0\n    ...\n\nAdd check for validity of devtype to prevent the error, and abort probe\nwith a meaningful error message.",
  "id": "GHSA-qppw-2696-658w",
  "modified": "2024-06-26T00:31:39Z",
  "published": "2024-05-01T06:31:42Z",
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}


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