CVE-2022-2873

MEDIUM

Linux kernel Intel's iSMT SMBus host controller - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00000.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html

[Mailing List] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220729093451.551672-1-zheyuma97%40gmail.com/T/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230120-0001/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5324

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 10.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-131

Status published

Affected Products (19)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.19

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

fedoraproject/fedora

redhat/enterprise_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux

netapp/h300s_firmware

netapp/h500s_firmware

... and 4 more

Timeline

Published Aug 22, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026