CVE-2021-47384

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.4 - NULL Pointer Dereference in w83793 Hardware Monitoring Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (w83793) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field If driver read tmp value sufficient for (tmp & 0x08) && (!(tmp & 0x80)) && ((tmp & 0x7) == ((tmp >> 4) & 0x7)) from device then Null pointer dereference occurs. (It is possible if tmp = 0b0xyz1xyz, where same literals mean same numbers) Also lm75[] does not serve a purpose anymore after switching to devm_i2c_new_dummy_device() in w83791d_detect_subclients(). The patch fixes possible NULL pointer dereference by removing lm75[]. Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). [groeck: Dropped unnecessary continuation lines, fixed multi-line alignments]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0103
EPSS Percentile 59.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 5.4
Linux/Linux 5.10.71 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.14.10 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.4
Linux/Linux 5.4.151 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux cf48d17623281c2b3185030ed23f148bd47e15de - 6cb01fe630eaffc5a2c3f7364436caddba286623
Linux/Linux cf48d17623281c2b3185030ed23f148bd47e15de - 746011193f44f97f8784edcf8327c587946745fc
Linux/Linux cf48d17623281c2b3185030ed23f148bd47e15de - 7c4fd5de39f273626a2b0f3a446d2cc85cd47616
Linux/Linux cf48d17623281c2b3185030ed23f148bd47e15de - dd4d747ef05addab887dc8ff0d6ab9860bbcd783
... and 2 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026