# CVE-2024-35848: eeprom: at24: fix memory corruption race condition

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eeprom: at24: fix memory corruption race condition If the eeprom is not accessible, an nvmem device will be registered, the read will fail, and the device will be torn down. If another driver accesses the nvmem device after the teardown, it will reference invalid memory. Move the failure point before registering the nvmem device.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c850f71fca09ea41800ed55905980063d17e01da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d32bec4c6d255a03762f33c637bfa3718be15a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c43e5028f5a35331eb25017f5ff6cc21735005c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2af84c46b9b8f2d6c0f88d09ee5c849ae1734676
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d8b56ec0c8f30d5657382f47344a32569f7a9bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f42c97027fb75776e2e9358d16bf4a99aeb04cf2

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