Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation When trying to instantiate a max14830 device from userspace: echo max14830 0x60 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device we get the following error: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address... ... Call trace: max310x_i2c_probe+0x48/0x170 [max310x] i2c_device_probe+0x150/0x2a0 ... Add check for validity of devtype to prevent the error, and abort probe with a meaningful error message.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
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 (25)
linux/Kernel
< 5.4.274linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 6.1.84linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.215linux
linux/Kernel
6.0.0 - 6.6.24linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.7.12linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.8.3linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.0
Linux/Linux
2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a - 0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110
Linux/Linux
2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a - 12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3
Linux/Linux
2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a - 2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a
... and 15 more
Published
May 01, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026