CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-40933
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754
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 configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.8 < 6.9.6)
• linux linux kernel 6.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552d Patch