UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2873

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2873

    Published: 22 Aug 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-2873
    Aliases:
    USN-5594-1
    USN-5599-1
    USN-5602-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2873, https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/T/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5594-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5599-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5602-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5616-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5623-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2873

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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