CVE-2024-40933

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxa1d1ba5e1c28b9887be1bdb3630caf0b532ec980 < 5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6caffected
LinuxLinuxa1d1ba5e1c28b9887be1bdb3630caf0b532ec980 < a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552daffected
LinuxLinux6.8affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.8unaffected
LinuxLinux6.9.6 <= 6.9.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.10 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References