Bug 2521493 (CVE-2026-74685) - CVE-2026-74685 kernel: hwmon: (ltc4282) Clamp negative current limits
Summary: CVE-2026-74685 kernel: hwmon: (ltc4282) Clamp negative current limits
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74685
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-22 15:48 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-24 12:53 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-22 15:48:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (ltc4282) Clamp negative current limits

When a negative value is passed to ltc4282_write_curr(), the signed long
val is cast directly to u64:

drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c:ltc4282_write_curr() {
        /* need to pass it in millivolt */
        u32 in = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL((u64)val * st->rsense, DECA * MICRO);
        ...
}

This cast converts negative inputs into large positive values. The
subsequent division result overflows the u32 in variable, truncating
to a pseudo-random positive value. When this is passed to
ltc4282_write_voltage_byte(), it is clamped to the maximum limit instead
of zero.

Clamp val to 0 and to the maximum supported upper limit before the cast
and assign the result to a 64-bit temporary variable before the division
to avoid the underflow and an also possible overflow.


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