CVE-2024-26978
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f5c252aaa1be5d38604e58e9bd335065f767d0d8 | affected | git | 7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 85d79478710ad2cbf11857aec107084a7104943e | affected | git | c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a | affected | git | 12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a | affected | git | 2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a | affected | git | 5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a | affected | git | aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a | affected | git | 0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.4.272 | affected | semver | 5.4.274 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.213 | affected | semver | 5.10.215 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.4.274 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.215 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 6.1.84 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.24 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.7.12 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.7.* | None listed |
| 6.8.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.8.* | None listed |
| 6.9 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |