CVE-2024-26978 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-26978

serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation

Vulnerability 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.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
f5c252aaa1be5d38604e58e9bd335065f767d0d8, 85d79478710ad2cbf11857aec107084a7104943e, 2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a, 5.4.272, 5.10.213, 6.0, 0, 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9

Timeline

Official Publish: May 1st, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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