{"id":"CVE-2024-26978","summary":"serial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: max310x: fix NULL pointer dereference in I2C instantiation\n\nWhen trying to instantiate a max14830 device from userspace:\n\n    echo max14830 0x60 \u003e /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device\n\nwe get the following error:\n\n    Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address...\n    ...\n    Call trace:\n        max310x_i2c_probe+0x48/0x170 [max310x]\n        i2c_device_probe+0x150/0x2a0\n    ...\n\nAdd check for validity of devtype to prevent the error, and abort probe\nwith a meaningful error message.","modified":"2026-04-02T10:06:37.007038Z","published":"2024-05-01T05:20:33.457Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26978.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26978.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26978"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://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":"f5c252aaa1be5d38604e58e9bd335065f767d0d8"},{"fixed":"7d271b798add90c6196539167c019d0817285cf0"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"85d79478710ad2cbf11857aec107084a7104943e"},{"fixed":"c45e53c27b78afd6c81fc25608003576f27b5735"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"2e1f2d9a9bdbe12ee475c82a45ac46a278e8049a"},{"fixed":"12609c76b755dbeb1645c0aacc0f0f4743b2eff3"},{"fixed":"2160ad6861c4a21d3fa553d7b2aaec6634a37f8a"},{"fixed":"5cd8af02b466e1beeae13e2de3dc58fcc7925e5a"},{"fixed":"aeca49661fd02fd56fb026768b580ce301b45733"},{"fixed":"0d27056c24efd3d63a03f3edfbcfc4827086b110"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-26978.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}