CVE-2024-40933

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40933
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40933.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-40933
Downstream
Published
2024-07-12T12:25:11Z
Modified
2025-10-17T08:11:16.467475Z
Summary
iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERRPTR dereference in mlx90635probe()

When devmregmapiniti2c() fails, regmapee could be error pointer, instead of checking for ISERR(regmapee), regmap is checked which looks like a copy paste error.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
a1d1ba5e1c28b9887be1bdb3630caf0b532ec980
Fixed
5a5595ae8cc7cdaa1a10b56a26ddbe3429245c6c
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
a1d1ba5e1c28b9887be1bdb3630caf0b532ec980
Fixed
a23c14b062d8800a2192077d83273bbfe6c7552d

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.10-rc1
v6.7
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7
v6.9.1
v6.9.2
v6.9.3
v6.9.4
v6.9.5

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
6.9.6