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CVE-2022-50394HIGH
Linux Linux — i2c: ismt: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in ismt_access()
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  N  H    7.1   .0017    6.5     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    13f35ac14cd0a9a1c4f0034c4c40d0ae98844ce9 –  —
  Linux    3.9 –                                       4.9.337
TIMELINE
  Sep 17  Reserved by Linux
  Sep 18  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2022-50394 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD).
CWE-125 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 9 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
September 17, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
September 18, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2022-50394 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux13f35ac14cd0a9a1c4f0034c4c40d0ae98844ce9
LinuxLinux3.94.9.337

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (9)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-50394 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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