CVE-2026-31549

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

24/04/2026

Last modified:

27/04/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: cp2615: fix serial string NULL-deref at probe The cp2615 driver uses the USB device serial string as the i2c adapter name but does not make sure that the string exists. Verify that the device has a serial number before accessing it to avoid triggering a NULL-pointer dereference (e.g. with malicious devices).

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.13.1 (including)	5.15.203 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.167 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.130 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.78 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.20 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	6.19.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:-::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7::::::

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CVE-2026-31549

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools