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CVE-2022-3077 (GCVE-0-2022-3077)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-09 14:39 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:00
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Summary
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way it handled the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL case (via the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw could allow a local user to crash the system.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: fixed in kernel 5.19
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