Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: chemical: bme680: Fix overflows in compensate() functions

There are cases in the compensate functions of the driver that
there could be overflows of variables due to bit shifting ops.
These implications were initially discussed here [1] and they
were mentioned in log message of Commit 1b3bd8592780 ("iio:
chemical: Add support for Bosch BME680 sensor").

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20180728114028.3c1bbe81@archlinux/

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-42086

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 15.26% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fa31bbe2ea8665ee970258eb8320cbf231dbe9e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0af334616ed425024bf220adda0f004806b5feb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c326551e99f5416986074ce78bef94f6a404b517
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a13d1357658d3a3c1cd7b3b9543c805a6e5e6e9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba1bb3e2a38a7fef1c1818dd4f2d9abbfdde553a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5967393d50e3c6e632efda3ea3fdde14c1bfd0e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3add41bbda92938e9a528d74659dfc552796be4e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd478c3ae98c3f13628e110dce9b6cfb0d9b3c8

Timeline