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CVE-2026-31549

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe The cp2615 driver uses the USB device…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe The cp2615 driver uses the USB device serial string as the i2c adapter name but does not make sure that the string exists. Verify that the device has a serial number before accessing it to avoid triggering a NULL-pointer dereference (e.g. with malicious devices).

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-24 15:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥5.13.1 <5.15.203, ≥5.16 <6.1.167, ≥6.2 <6.6.130, ≥6.7 <6.12.78, ≥6.13 <6.18.20, ≥6.19 <6.19.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13ccf9b106bba121728f1625c4375a1bd8f5c5a3
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a22af879172336370ae3e81e7f65fb2f69472ee
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69aece634a7eebafd9a596e5494d52facf6f26ec
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9778298f47036866ea15eeb17242e8a4612580f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa79f996eb41e95aed85a1bd7f56bcd6a3842008
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68c267787778bcdf3d91b06f794faaba7f0d1d1
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe996bcfe50c2dcc6cf65c574285713b722ced7

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC · record ↗

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