High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80931
w1: ds28e17: reject an oversize length on an I2C block read
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
w1: ds28e17: reject an oversize length on an I2C block read
w1_f19_i2c_master_transfer() is the master_xfer for the DS28E17 1-Wire
to I2C bridge. On an I2C_M_RECV_LEN read, it takes the length from the
device. The downstream slave puts a length byte in buf[0]. The driver
then reads that many bytes into buf[1] with w1_f19_i2c_read().
buf[0] is controlled by the device and can be 0 to 255.
w1_f19_i2c_read() only rejects a zero count. The caller buffer is
I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2, so 34 bytes. A length above 32 makes the read
run past it, up to about 222 bytes out of bounds.
The SMBus core does check buf[0] against I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX. That
check runs after master_xfer returns. By then the write is already
done. i2c-algo-bit rejects an oversize length before it copies, and
returns -EPROTO.
Reject a length above I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX at both RECV_LEN sites, the
same way i2c-algo-bit does.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
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
LI
Linux · Linux
ebc4768ac4971eab4b570e733e47ac9dfd0e4175 before b30c021c6073559ea6851b522d8a17a524a27b4a; ebc4768ac4971eab4b570e733e47ac9dfd0e4175 before 1d08877fc37e90945df38d255715bd1d6c052d46; ebc4768ac4971eab4b570e733e47ac9dfd0e4175 before bf76d61e118b7044600a65775a3bf8adc2c6823d; ebc4768ac4971eab4b570e733e47ac9dfd0e4175 before 0f6496b34cc2919420f303b2aabdd9f71e084b56; ebc4768ac4971eab4b570e733e47ac9dfd0e4175 before cb55c5da9828f77db2a2701316949d4de1e9b773; ebc4768ac4971eab4b570e733e47ac9dfd0e4175 before ae0c79a8527044e54d81fd5a3b49ce6177633758; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80931
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80931
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f6496b34cc2919420f303b2aabdd9f71e084b56
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/169ae5e65e5aaf213b6a578f6478a9fd2e523606
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d08877fc37e90945df38d255715bd1d6c052d46
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6df05f630c84a109736642362e452089886f9974
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae0c79a8527044e54d81fd5a3b49ce6177633758
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30c021c6073559ea6851b522d8a17a524a27b4a
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