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Red Hat: CVE-2022-3077: unbounded length leads to buffer overflow in ismt_access() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-3077: unbounded length leads to buffer overflow in ismt_access() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2022
Created
01/25/2023
Added
01/24/2023
Modified
09/03/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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