Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (nct6775) Fix access to temperature configuration registers The number of temperature configuration registers does not always match the total number of temperature registers. This can result in access errors reported if KASAN is enabled. BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in nct6775_probe+0x5654/0x6fe9 nct6775_core
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c196387820c9214c5ceaff56d77303c82514b8b1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d56e460e19ea8382f813eb489730248ec8d7eb73 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f006c45a3ea424f8f6c8e4b9283bc245ce2a4d0f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c196387820c9214c5ceaff56d77303c82514b8b1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d56e460e19ea8382f813eb489730248ec8d7eb73 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f006c45a3ea424f8f6c8e4b9283bc245ce2a4d0f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/745aa03c513f1ba12cb98495467676f7acf3fffd
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.0
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 16 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
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