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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-40933

CVE-2024-40933

Description

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 products

8
  • Linux/Kernel6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.8,<6.9.6
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.8
  • Linux/mlx90635llm-fuzzy
  • osv-coords
    pkg:linux/kernel
    Range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.9.6

Patches

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