Security Advisory
CVE-2024-35984
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: smbus: fix NULL function pointer dereference
Baruch reported an OOPS when using the designware controller as target
only. Target-only modes break the assumption of one transfer function
always being available. Fix this by always checking the pointer in
__i2c_transfer.
[wsa: dropped the simplification in core-smbus to avoid theoretical regressions]
Published Date
May 20, 2024
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory