CVE-2026-43005

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

published May 1, 2026

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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".

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00164 · 5.3th percentile
Published
2026-05-01T14:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:15Z
    hwmon: (tps53679) Fix array access with zero-length block read
    cvelistv5