CVE-2026-43005

HIGH

hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read i2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return 0, indicating a zero-length read. When this happens, tps53679_identify_chip() accesses buf[ret - 1] which is buf[-1], reading one byte before the buffer on the stack. Fix by changing the check from "ret < 0" to "ret <= 0", treating a zero-length read as an error (-EIO), which prevents the out-of-bounds array access. Also fix a typo in the adjacent comment: "if present" instead of duplicate "if".

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.18.22 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.12 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux 75ca1e5875fe3f0b9d0e8615c69f49bc2c7fb65d - 0e211f6aaa6a00fd0ee0c1eea5498f168c6725e6
Linux/Linux 75ca1e5875fe3f0b9d0e8615c69f49bc2c7fb65d - 6999b4769e2a61c463158927102e8c07e3f69ba2
Linux/Linux 75ca1e5875fe3f0b9d0e8615c69f49bc2c7fb65d - 79b7e588399bb55f4c10bea6ca41b6c3b944d2bb
linux/linux_kernel 6.17
linux/linux_kernel 7.0 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
... and 1 more
Published May 01, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026