CVE-2024-26717

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.12-5.15.148, 5.16-6.1.78, 6.2-6.6.17, 6.7-6.7.5 - NULL Pointer Dereference in HID i2c-hid-of Power Up

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.7%
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 (18)
linux/Kernel 5.12.0 - 5.15.149linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.79linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.18linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.6linux
Linux/Linux < 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.15.149 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.79 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.18 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.6 - 6.7.*
... and 8 more
Published Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026