CVE-2026-43005: hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read i2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return 0, indicating a zero-length read. When this happens, tps53679_identify_chip() accesses buf[ret - 1] which is buf[-1], reading one byte before the buffer on the stack. Fix by changing the check from "ret < 0" to "ret <= 0", treating a zero-length read as an error (-EIO), which prevents the out-of-bounds array access. Also fix a typo in the adjacent comment: "if present" instead of duplicate "if".

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.17.1 before 6.18.22; from 6.19 before 6.19.12; 6.17, 7.0-rc1, 7.0-rc2, 7.0-rc3, 7.0-rc4, 7.0-rc5 (+1) — fixed in 6.18.22, 6.19.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18.22, 6.19.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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