CVE-2026-46001

HIGH

hwmon: (pt5161l) Fix bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pt5161l) Fix bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data() Fix two bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data(): 1. Buffer overrun: The local buffer rbuf is declared as u8 rbuf[24], but i2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return up to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32) bytes. The i2c-core copies the data into the caller's buffer before the return value can be checked, so the post-read length validation does not prevent a stack overrun if a device returns more than 24 bytes. Resize the buffer to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX. 2. Unexpected positive return on length mismatch: When all three retries are exhausted because the device returns data with an unexpected length, i2c_smbus_read_block_data() returns a positive byte count. The function returns this directly, and callers treat any non-negative return as success, processing stale or incomplete buffer contents. Return -EIO when retries are exhausted with a positive return value, preserving the negative error code on I2C failure.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
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 (15)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.27linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.4linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.12.86linux
Linux/Linux < 6.9
Linux/Linux 1b2ca93cd0592b1fcbc6f8b64e02552bc15f4bb4 - 24c73e93d6a756e1b8626bb259d2e07c5b89b370
Linux/Linux 1b2ca93cd0592b1fcbc6f8b64e02552bc15f4bb4 - 7eccabff1c9ec15e4b6fe186d5c147b13a9cdb4e
Linux/Linux 1b2ca93cd0592b1fcbc6f8b64e02552bc15f4bb4 - 95d48e37a1304d6148406c799479c0fb505aefa7
Linux/Linux 1b2ca93cd0592b1fcbc6f8b64e02552bc15f4bb4 - a11aa9c5fd9dfe62be7cfec1f2a7546afb77254c
Linux/Linux 6.12.86 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.27 - 6.18.*
... and 5 more
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026