CVE-2026-64191
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
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().
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.13%• Percentile: 3%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.10.262-1 | < 6.1.177-1 | < 6.12.95-1 | < 7.0.14-1
- debian•linux-6.1
< 6.1.177-1~deb11u1
- ubuntu•linux
all | all | all | all | < 7.0.0-31.31
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | all | all | all | < 7.0.0-1012.12
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-7.0
all | < 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-7.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-7.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | all
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References (18)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9072dbd5f2f17934751873450d2c22080ead80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21e87f336ac6303fed54a69b1d0d79a23b25c8d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd225f3e4cd67ec8ddab1afed9da03c7c43537c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c4ffe6b4f04365485ed58d64c9bb86b46fc9037
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bd8635f28c135a08aac6badcd7d9b5cdb34335f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f4d2bd028ebb6e4c09a9d64842546022321d4a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0526931b16e5a118d367b7bfce7d797e63f7ac69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6036b5067a8199ba7a2dc7b377d4b9dd276d5f9e
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-64191
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64191
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/6036b5067a8199ba7a2dc7b377d4b9dd276d5f9e
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-64191
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8726-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8727-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8728-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8760-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8781-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8726-2