CVE-2016-10907

kernel: out of bounds write in ad5755_parse_dt in drivers/iio/dac/ad5755.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.2

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 18, 2019

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds flaw was found in the Industrial I/O Subsystem of the Linux kernel. A comparison for devnr limits is exceeded by one, where the current implementation allowed 0 to AD5755_NUM_CHANNELS, while the actual limit should have been till 'AD5755_NUM_CHANNELS - 1'. This could lead to an out of bounds write to pdata->dac[devnr]. The highest risk from this vulnerability is system availability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write