CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-52948

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the i2c-dev driver's I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl improperly validates the timeout argument, allowing integer overflow when multiplied by 10. This results in a negative timeout value, corrupting the SMBus state machine and causing a local denial of service.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can trigger a denial of service (DoS) by corrupting the SMBus controller, breaking I2C communication and potentially requiring a system reboot.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that bounds the argument to INT_MAX / 10. If patching is not possible, restrict access to i2c-dev devices for untrusted users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: prevent integer overflow in I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl While fuzzing with Syzkaller, a persistent `schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value` warning was observed, accompanied by SMBus controller state machine corruption. The I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl accepts a user-provided timeout in multiples of 10 ms. The user argument is checked against INT_MAX, but it is subsequently multiplied by 10 before being passed to msecs_to_jiffies(). A malicious user can pass a large value (e.g., 429496729) that passes the `arg > INT_MAX` check but overflows when multiplied by 10. This results in a truncated 32-bit unsigned value that bypasses the internal `(int)m < 0` check in `msecs_to_jiffies()`. The truncated value is then assigned to `client->adapter->timeout` (a signed 32-bit int), which is reinterpreted as a negative number. When passed to wait_for_completion_timeout(), this negative value undergoes sign extension to a 64-bit unsigned long, triggering the `schedule_timeout` warning and causing premature returns. This leaves the SMBus state machine in an unrecoverable state, constituting a local Denial of Service (DoS). Fix this by bounding the user argument to `INT_MAX / 10`. [wsa: move the comment as well]

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