Kernel crash via overwritten I2C client data
Published Mar 6, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux kernel max96712 driver from 5.17 allows local users to crash the kernel by removing the module. The v4l2_i2c_subdev_init function overwrites the I2C client-data pointer with the subdevice pointer, so max96712_remove passes the wrong object to v4l2_async_unregister_subdev. Reaching the flaw requires privileged module removal on a system using this driver; the invalid pointer dereference produces a kernel oops and service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux kernel max96712 driver from 5.17 allows local users to crash the kernel by removing the module. The v4l2_i2c_subdev_init function overwrites the I2C client-data pointer with the subdevice pointer, so max96712_remove passes the wrong object to v4l2_async_unregister_subdev. Reaching the flaw requires privileged module removal on a system using this driver; the invalid pointer dereference produces a kernel oops and service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-58054
- Published
- Mar 6, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
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- Mar 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.17
- Affected versionversion=5814f32fef137e34577c4f053272c53e7ca33cd9 <1556b9149b81cc549c13f5e56e81e89404d8a666
- Affected versionversion=5814f32fef137e34577c4f053272c53e7ca33cd9 <278a98f6d8a7bbe1110433b057333536e4490edf
- Affected versionversion=5814f32fef137e34577c4f053272c53e7ca33cd9 <3311c5395e7322298b659b8addc704b39fb3a59c
- Affected versionversion=5814f32fef137e34577c4f053272c53e7ca33cd9 <dfde3d63afbaae664c4d36e53cfb4045d5374561
- Affected versionversion=5814f32fef137e34577c4f053272c53e7ca33cd9 <ee1b5046d5cd892a0754ab982aeaaad3702083a5
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