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CVE-2022-2873

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.0004
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5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Network Adjacent Local Physical
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Low High
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None Required
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None Low High
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None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Aug 2022 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vendor Advisories

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rhsaRHSA-2023:5627Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:0832Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:0951Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:0979Important
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:4617-1
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