CVE-2024-26702 iio: magnetometer: rm3100: add boundary check for the value read from RM3100_REG_TMRC
A missing boundary check in the RM3100 magnetometer driver allows out-of-bounds array access, potentially causing a kernel crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26702?
CVE-2024-26702 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: magnetometer: rm3100: add boundary check for the value read from RM3100_REG_TMRC
Recently, we encounter kernel crash in function rm3100_common_probe caused by out of bound access of array rm3100_samp_rates (because of underlying hardware failures). Add boundary check to prevent out of bound access.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26702?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26702?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-26702 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26702 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26702, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26702, GHSA-rvjh-mwxw-g897, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26702.