In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: light: veml6030: fix IIO device retrieval from embedded device
The dev pointer that is received as an argument in the
in_illuminance_period_available_show function references the device
embedded in the IIO device, not in the i2c client.
dev_to_iio_dev() must be used to accessthe right data. The current
implementation leads to a segmentation fault on every attempt to read
the attribute because indio_dev gets a NULL assignment.
This bug has been present since the first appearance of the driver,
apparently since the last version (V6) before getting applied. A
constant attribute was used until then, and the last modifications might
have not been tested again.
                
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History
                    29 Nov 2024, 20:31
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cbb41abae65626736b8b52cf3b9339612c5a86a - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50039aec43a82ad2495f2d0fb0c289c8717b4bb2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905166531831beb067fffe2bdfc98031ffe89087 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb90518ccd9e10bf6ab29e31994aab93e4a4361 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf3ab8e1c28f10df0823d4ff312f83c952b06a15 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c44e57750c31de43906d97813273fdffcf7d02 - Patch | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5 | 
| First Time | Linux linux Kernel Linux | |
| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 
08 Nov 2024, 19:01
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| Summary | 
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08 Nov 2024, 06:15
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Information
                Published : 2024-11-08 06:15
Updated : 2025-10-01 21:16
NVD link : CVE-2024-50198
Mitre link : CVE-2024-50198
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-50198
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Products Affected
                linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-476
                        
            NULL Pointer Dereference
