Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-26978
CVE-2024-26978
Description
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.
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Affected products
51- osv-coords48 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6
< 5.4.274+ 47 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735nvdPatch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.htmlnvd
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