CVE-2026-46001

hwmon: (pt5161l) Fix bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pt5161l) Fix bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data() Fix two bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data(): 1. Buffer overrun: The local buffer rbuf is declared as u8 rbuf[24], but i2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return up to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32) bytes. The i2c-core copies the data into the caller's buffer before the return value can be checked, so the post-read length validation does not prevent a stack overrun if a device returns more than 24 bytes. Resize the buffer to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX. 2. Unexpected positive return on length mismatch: When all three retries are exhausted because the device returns data with an unexpected length, i2c_smbus_read_block_data() returns a positive byte count. The function returns this directly, and callers treat any non-negative return as success, processing stale or incomplete buffer contents. Return -EIO when retries are exhausted with a positive return value, preserving the negative error code on I2C failure.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.276.19 ≤ v < 7.0.46.9 ≤ v < 6.12.866.9 ≤ v < 6.18.276.9 ≤ v < 7.0.46.9 ≤ v < 7.11b2ca93cd0592b1fcbc6f8b64e02552bc15f4bb46.9
Vendor states this is fixed in 24c73e93d6a756e1b8626bb259d2e07c5b89b370 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7eccabff1c9ec15e4b6fe186d5c147b13a9cdb4e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 95d48e37a1304d6148406c799479c0fb505aefa7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a11aa9c5fd9dfe62be7cfec1f2a7546afb77254c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.86 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.27 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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