7.8

CVE-2026-64191

i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: stub: Reject I2C block transfers with invalid length

The I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA case in stub_xfer() uses data->block[0]
as the transfer length. The existing check only clamps it to avoid
overrunning the chip->words[256] register array, but does not validate
it against I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32), which is the limit of the union
i2c_smbus_data.block buffer (34 bytes total). The driver is a
development/test tool (CONFIG_I2C_STUB=m, not built by default)
that must be loaded with a chip_addr= parameter.

A local user with access to /dev/i2c-* can issue an I2C_SMBUS ioctl
with I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA and data->block[0] > 32, causing
stub_xfer() to read or write past the end of the union
i2c_smbus_data.block buffer:

 BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in stub_xfer (drivers/i2c/i2c-stub.c:223)
 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800abcfd92 by task exploit/81
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  stub_xfer (drivers/i2c/i2c-stub.c:223)
  __i2c_smbus_xfer (drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:593)
  i2c_smbus_xfer (drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:536)
  i2cdev_ioctl_smbus (drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:391)
  i2cdev_ioctl (drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:478)
  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:583)
  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
  </TASK>

The bug exists because i2c-stub implements .smbus_xfer directly,
bypassing the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX validation in
i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated(). The I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA case in the same
function correctly validates against I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX, but the
I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA case does not.

Fix by rejecting transfers with data->block[0] == 0 or
data->block[0] > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX with -EINVAL, consistent with
both the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA case in the same function and the
I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA validation in i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated().
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 2.6.33 < 5.10.260
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.211
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.177
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.144
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.95
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.37
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.14
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc2
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.027
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9072dbd5f2f17934751873450d2c22080ead80
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21e87f336ac6303fed54a69b1d0d79a23b25c8d0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd225f3e4cd67ec8ddab1afed9da03c7c43537c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c4ffe6b4f04365485ed58d64c9bb86b46fc9037
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bd8635f28c135a08aac6badcd7d9b5cdb34335f
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f4d2bd028ebb6e4c09a9d64842546022321d4a7
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0526931b16e5a118d367b7bfce7d797e63f7ac69
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6036b5067a8199ba7a2dc7b377d4b9dd276d5f9e
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