Medium severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-52948
i2c: dev: prevent integer overflow in I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: prevent integer overflow in I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl While fuzzing with Syzkaller, a persistent `schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value` warning was observed, accompanied by SMBus controller state machine corruption. The I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl accepts a user-provided timeout in multiples of 10 ms. The user argument is checked against INT_MAX, but it is subsequently multiplied by 10 before being passed to msecs_to_jiffies(). A malicious user can pass a large value (e.g., 429496729) that passes the `arg > INT_MAX` check but overflows when multiplied by 10. This results in a truncated 32-bit unsigned value that bypasses the internal `(int)m < 0` check in `msecs_to_jiffies()`. The truncated value is then assigned to `client->adapter->timeout` (a signed 32-bit int), which is reinterpreted as a negative number. When passed to wait_for_completion_timeout(), this negative value undergoes sign extension to a 64-bit unsigned long, triggering the `schedule_timeout` warning and causing premature returns. This leaves the SMBus state machine in an unrecoverable state, constituting a local Denial of Service (DoS). Fix this by bounding the user argument to `INT_MAX / 10`. [wsa: move the comment as well]
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)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.29.1 before 5.10.259; 5.11 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.143; 6.7 before 6.12.94; 6.13 before 6.18.36; +6 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d before e9ffd5f5050fbb199d270a85614cd27ebed6fbac; cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d before 0b88ecfbc9dc33b4db8836c37b50cf174e6c0691; cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d before 943e318eedbeaeea08ece3f5dd44c982f4ed2ef5; cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d before aa6ef734016912653a909477fb30aeb66c98b3a2; cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d before ff02add34ffd03449b8115904ebe2ec4fed022d4; cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d before ffbcf31f032eb454ebfd29309f51366fe57f4ac4; +3 more · source: vendor