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HistoryJul 12, 2024 - 12:25 p.m.

CVE-2024-40933 iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe()

2024-07-1212:25:11
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
vulnerability
iio temperature
mlx90635
err_ptr
regmap_init_i2c

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe()

When devm_regmap_init_i2c() fails, regmap_ee could be error pointer,
instead of checking for IS_ERR(regmap_ee), regmap is checked which looks
like a copy paste error.

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial