CVE-2026-80696 (GCVE-0-2026-80696)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 06:53
Modified
2026-08-29 06:22
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (ltc4282) Fix reading the minimum alarm voltage
Coverity reports an out-of-bounds access when reading the minimum alarm
voltage for the VGPIO channel. Add the missing return statement to fix
the problem.
References
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Impacted products
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Sightings
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