CVE - CVE-2024-26978

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-26978	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20240219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20240219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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