A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.150/5.10.70/5.14.9. This issue affects the function devm_i2c_new_dummy_device of the component hwmon. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47385. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.