A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.150/5.10.70/5.14.9 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function devm_i2c_new_dummy_device of the component hwmon. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47386. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.