CVE-2024-35848: eeprom: at24: fix memory corruption race condition

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-17 · updated 2026-08-04
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eeprom: at24: fix memory corruption race condition If the eeprom is not accessible, an nvmem device will be registered, the read will fail, and the device will be torn down. If another driver accesses the nvmem device after the teardown, it will reference invalid memory. Move the failure point before registering the nvmem device.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0
Linux kernel: from 5.3 before 5.10.217; from 5.11 before 5.15.159; from 5.16 before 6.1.91; from 6.2 before 6.6.31; from 6.7 before 6.8.9; 6.9-rc1, 6.9-rc2, 6.9-rc3, 6.9-rc4, 6.9-rc5 — fixed in 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31, 6.8.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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