CVE-2024-40933
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iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe()
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 12, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-40933
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552d
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40933.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40933