CVE-2021-47386
HIGHLinux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in w83791d hwmon Driver
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (w83791d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field If driver read val value sufficient for (val & 0x08) && (!(val & 0x80)) && ((val & 0x7) == ((val >> 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 alignment]
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
17.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux
< 5.4
Linux/Linux
358d2071100d84cfe6ef4a9d70ac0d998a1d501e - 16887ae4e3defd2c4e7913b6c539f33eaf4eac5c
Linux/Linux
358d2071100d84cfe6ef4a9d70ac0d998a1d501e - 44d3c480e4e2a75bf6296a18b4356157991ccd80
Linux/Linux
358d2071100d84cfe6ef4a9d70ac0d998a1d501e - 516d9055039017a20a698103be2b556b4c976bb8
Linux/Linux
358d2071100d84cfe6ef4a9d70ac0d998a1d501e - 943c15ac1b84d378da26bba41c83c67e16499ac4
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.*
... and 2 more
Published
May 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026