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TI-2024-17844 Aliases CVE-2024-26978GHSA-qppw-2696-658w

serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation

Priority LOW 24CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00225 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 6.1.84 +4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.4.272 to before 5.4.274; 5.10.213 to before 5.10.2155.4.274, 5.10.215Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.0 and later5.4.274, 5.10.215, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.4.272 to before 5.4.274; 5.10.213 to before 5.10.215 Fixed in 5.4.274, 5.10.215 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.0 and later Fixed in 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.4.274; 5.5 to before 5.10.215; 5.11 to before 6.1.84; 6.2 to before 6.6.24; 6.7 to before 6.7.12; 6.8 – 6.8.3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.4.274; 5.5 to before 5.10.215; 5.11 to before 6.1.84; 6.2 to before 6.6.24; 6.7 to before 6.7.12; 6.8 – 6.8.3 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.274, 5.10.215
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8.3, 6.9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26978
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qppw-2696-658w

References

Patch 7

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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