{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-43005", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.974Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-01T14:15:13.513Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:15:51.731Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:15:51.731Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read\n\ni2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return 0, indicating a zero-length\nread. When this happens, tps53679_identify_chip() accesses buf[ret - 1]\nwhich is buf[-1], reading one byte before the buffer on the stack.\n\nFix by changing the check from \"ret < 0\" to \"ret <= 0\", treating a\nzero-length read as an error (-EIO), which prevents the out-of-bounds\narray access.\n\nAlso fix a typo in the adjacent comment: \"if present\" instead of\nduplicate \"if\"." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/hwmon/pmbus/tps53679.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "75ca1e5875fe3f0b9d0e8615c69f49bc2c7fb65d", "lessThan": "79b7e588399bb55f4c10bea6ca41b6c3b944d2bb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "75ca1e5875fe3f0b9d0e8615c69f49bc2c7fb65d", "lessThan": "6999b4769e2a61c463158927102e8c07e3f69ba2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "75ca1e5875fe3f0b9d0e8615c69f49bc2c7fb65d", "lessThan": "0e211f6aaa6a00fd0ee0c1eea5498f168c6725e6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/hwmon/pmbus/tps53679.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.17", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.17", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.22", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.22" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.12" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b7e588399bb55f4c10bea6ca41b6c3b944d2bb" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6999b4769e2a61c463158927102e8c07e3f69ba2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e211f6aaa6a00fd0ee0c1eea5498f168c6725e6" } ], "title": "hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }