CVE-2024-26717

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.149 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: i2c-hid-of: fix NULL-deref on failed power up A while back the I2C HID implementation was split in an ACPI and OF part, but the new OF driver never initialises the client pointer which is dereferenced on power-up failures.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00aab7dcb2267f2aef59447602f34501efe1a07f

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cad91344a62536a2949873bad6365fbb6232776

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f5d219edbd174829aa18d4b3d97cd5fefbb783

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7d7a0e3b6f5adc45f23667cbb919e99093a5b5c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28d6b63aeecbda450935fb58db0e682ea8212d3

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 0.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.149

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/Kernel < 5.15.149linux

linux/Kernel < 6.1.79linux

linux/Kernel < 6.6.18linux

linux/Kernel < 6.7.6linux

Timeline

Published Apr 03, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026