CVE-2024-40933: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERRPTR dereference in mlx90635probe When devmregmapiniti2c fails, regmapee could be error pointer, instead of checking for ISERRregmapee, regmap is checked which looks like a copy paste error...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from an incorrect pointer dereference issue in the mlx90635probe function of the iio:temperature:mlx90635 component...