CVE-2024-40933: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: temperature: mlx90635: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in mlx90635_probe() When devm_regmap_init_i2c() fails, regmap_ee could be error pointer, instead of checking for IS_ERR(regmap_ee), regmap is checked which looks like a copy paste error.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.8, before 6.9.6 (fixed in 6.9.6); version 6.10 only

Published 2024-07-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.