CVE-2024-56557

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Dec 27, 2024

Updated: Feb 18, 2025

CWE ID 120

Summary

CVE-2024-56557 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's iio driver for the AD7923 Analog-to-Digital Converter. The issue arises due to the insufficient size adjustment of the 'tx_buf' and 'ring_xfer' buffers when updating the driver to support 8-channel devices. This oversight could potentially result in a buffer overflow in the 'ad7923_update_scan_mode()' function. The vulnerability has been addressed in the latest kernel updates.

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Linux Kernel

Affected Vendors

LINUX

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/183jqj
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56557
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56557

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