CVE-2026-43005

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's tps53679 hwmon driver. When the i2csmbusreadblockdata function returns a zero-length read, the tps53679identifychip function attempts to access memory before the allocated buffer. This out-of-bounds read could lead to information disclosure or a denial of...

CVE-2026-43005 hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: tps53679 Fix array access with zero-length block read i2csmbusreadblockdata can return 0, indicating a zero-length read. When this happens, tps53679identifychip accesses bufret - 1 which is buf-1, reading one byte before t...