CVE-2021-45970 (GCVE-0-2021-45970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-05 22:59 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:12
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Summary
An issue was discovered in IdeBusDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4 before 05.43.25, and 5.5 before 05.51.25. A vulnerability exists in the SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer (the status code saved at the CommBuffer+4 location).
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