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CVE-2024-57910: Linux kernel · iio: light: vcnl4035: fix information leak in triggered buffer

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fix has been implemented in the Linux kernel to initialize the buffer to zero before use, preventing uninitialized data from being exposed to userspace. Users should apply the official kernel update containing this fix once available. Since this is a kernel vulnerability, upgrading to a patched kernel version is the recommended mitigation.

Description

CVE-2024-57910 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iio light driver for the vcnl4035 sensor. It involves an information leak caused by uninitialized data in a triggered buffer that is pushed to userspace. Specifically, a local buffer array is not fully initialized before use, potentially exposing leftover kernel memory to userspace. This issue has been fixed by initializing the buffer to zero before use.

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