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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50394

HighCVSS 7.1 / 10
Published Sep 18, 2025·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: ismt: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in ismt_access() When the driver does not check the data from the user, the variable 'data->block[0]' may be very large to cause an out-of-bounds bug. The following log can reveal it: [ 33.995542] i2c i2c-1: ioctl, cmd=0x720, arg=0x7ffcb3dc3a20 [ 33.995978] ismt_smbus 0000:00:05.0: I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA: WRITE [ 33.996475] ================================================================== [ 33.996995] BUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in ismt_access.cold+0x374/0x214b [ 33.997473] Read of size 18446744073709551615 at addr ffff88810efcfdb1 by task ismt_poc/485 [ 33.999450] Call Trace: [ 34.001849] memcpy+0x20/0x60 [ 34.002077] ismt_access.cold+0x374/0x214b [ 34.003382] __i2c_smbus_xfer+0x44f/0xfb0 [ 34.004007] i2c_smbus_xfer+0x10a/0x390 [ 34.004291] i2cdev_ioctl_smbus+0x2c8/0x710 [ 34.005196] i2cdev_ioctl+0x5ec/0x74c Fix this bug by checking the size of 'data->block[0]' first.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.1

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
6.5

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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