CVE-2024-46759: hwmon: (adc128d818) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes

Description

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

hwmon: (adc128d818) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes

DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() after kstrtol() results in an underflow if a large
negative number such as -9223372036854775808 is provided by the user.
Fix it by reordering clamp_val() and DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() operations.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-46759

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 9.18% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-07 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

Timeline

2025-05-04 10:40:18 UTC
CVE

hwmon: (adc128d818) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes