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CVE-2024-26717
HID: i2c-hid-of: fix NULL-deref on failed power up
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: i2c-hid-of: fix NULL-deref on failed power up A while back the I2C HID implementation was split in an ACPI and OF part, but the new OF driver never initialises the client pointer which is dereferenced on power-up failures.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f5d219edbd174829aa18d4b3d97cd5fefbb783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7d7a0e3b6f5adc45f23667cbb919e99093a5b5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cad91344a62536a2949873bad6365fbb6232776
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28d6b63aeecbda450935fb58db0e682ea8212d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00aab7dcb2267f2aef59447602f34501efe1a07f
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
b33752c300232d7f95dd9a4353947d0c9e6a0e52, 5.12, 0, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18, 6.7.6, 6.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 3rd, 2024
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.