Medium severity · published Aug 22, 2022
CVE-2022-2873
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl…
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.19; 5.19; 5.19; 5.19; 5.19; 5.19; +2 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2873
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2873
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00000.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
lore.kernel.org
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220729093451.551672-1-zheyuma97%40gmail.com/T/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230120-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5324
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