Bug 2464498 (CVE-2026-43005) - CVE-2026-43005 kernel: hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read
Summary: CVE-2026-43005 kernel: hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length bl...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43005
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-01 15:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-01 16:00 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-01 15:10:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read

i2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return 0, indicating a zero-length
read. When this happens, tps53679_identify_chip() accesses buf[ret - 1]
which is buf[-1], reading one byte before the buffer on the stack.

Fix by changing the check from "ret < 0" to "ret <= 0", treating a
zero-length read as an error (-EIO), which prevents the out-of-bounds
array access.

Also fix a typo in the adjacent comment: "if present" instead of
duplicate "if".


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