# CVE-2024-36015: ppdev: Add an error check in register\_device

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.10, 4.11
- Published: 2024-05-29 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.9.22, fixed in 4.10; from 4.10.7, fixed in 4.11
- Linux: 4.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppdev: Add an error check in register_device In register_device, the return value of ida_simple_get is unchecked, in witch ida_simple_get will use an invalid index value. To address this issue, index should be checked after ida_simple_get. When the index value is abnormal, a warning message should be printed, the port should be dropped, and the value should be recorded.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.10, 4.11) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65cd017d43f4319a56747d38308b0a24cf57299e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c6b83cc3adff3ddf403c8c7063fe6d08b2b9d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d32caf51379a4d71db03d3d4d7c22d27cdf7f68b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b65d0410b879af0295d22438a4a32012786d152a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df9329247dbbf00f6057e002139ab3fa529ad828
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3468221efec6660ff656e9ebe51ced3520fc57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5b24edad1107a2ffa99058f20f6aeeafeb5d39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf740aeb86a4fe82ad158d26d711f2f3be79b3e

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