CVE-2023-52627

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.6-5.10.209 - Null Pointer Dereference in AD7091R-5 Event Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ad7091r: Allow users to configure device events AD7091R-5 devices are supported by the ad7091r-5 driver together with the ad7091r-base driver. Those drivers declared iio events for notifying user space when ADC readings fall bellow the thresholds of low limit registers or above the values set in high limit registers. However, to configure iio events and their thresholds, a set of callback functions must be implemented and those were not present until now. The consequence of trying to configure ad7091r-5 events without the proper callback functions was a null pointer dereference in the kernel because the pointers to the callback functions were not set. Implement event configuration callbacks allowing users to read/write event thresholds and enable/disable event generation. Since the event spec structs are generic to AD7091R devices, also move those from the ad7091r-5 driver the base driver so they can be reused when support for ad7091r-2/-4/-8 be added.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (16)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 5.10.210 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.149 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.6
Linux/Linux 6.1.76 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.15 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.3 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux ca69300173b642ba64118200172171ea5967b6c5 - 020e71c7ffc25dfe29ed9be6c2d39af7bd7f661f
... and 6 more
Published Mar 26, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026