# CVE-2021-47385: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field If driver read val value sufficient for (val & 0x08) && (!(val & 0x80)) && ((val & 0x7) == ((val >> 4) & 0x7)) from device then Null pointer dereference occurs. (It is possible if tmp = 0b0xyz1xyz, where same literals mean same numbers) Also lm75[] does not serve a purpose anymore after switching to devm_i2c_new_dummy_device() in w83791d_detect_subclients(). The patch fixes possible NULL pointer dereference by removing lm75[]. Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). [groeck: Dropped unnecessary continuation lines, fixed multipline alignment]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200ced5ba724d8bbf29dfac4ed1e17a39ccaccd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1499bb2c3a87a2efea0065adab2bd66badee61c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24af1fe376e22c42238a4a604d31e46c486876c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f36b88173f028e372668ae040ab1a496834d278

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