CVE-2022-50131

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.7-5.10.137, 5.11-5.15.61, 5.16-5.18.18, 5.19-5.19.2 - Out-of-bounds Write in HID mcp2221 SMBus Write

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: mcp2221: prevent a buffer overflow in mcp_smbus_write() Smatch Warning: drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c:388 mcp_smbus_write() error: __memcpy() '&mcp->txbuf[5]' too small (59 vs 255) drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c:388 mcp_smbus_write() error: __memcpy() 'buf' too small (34 vs 255) The 'len' variable can take a value between 0-255 as it can come from data->block[0] and it is user data. So add an bound check to prevent a buffer overflow in memcpy().

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.61linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 5.19.2linux
linux/Kernel 5.7.0 - 5.10.137linux
Linux/Linux < 5.7
Linux/Linux 5.10.137 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.61 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.18.18 - 5.18.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.2 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.7
... and 7 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026