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CentOS Linux: CVE-2022-3077: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 9, 2022
Added
Jan 24, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way it handled the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL case (via the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw could allow a local user to crash the system.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt
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