| CVE-2024-26978 | Date: (C)2024-05-24 (M)2024-06-20 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 5.5 | CVSS Score : |
| Exploit Score: 1.8 | Exploit Score: |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: |
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| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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