# CVE-2022-2873: Memory corruption in Kernel

> A local attacker can crash the system via out-of-bounds memory access in the Intel iSMT SMBus driver using malicious I2C input.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** AZL-10617, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2873, GHSA-76j2-hf4j-xjhq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2873

## What is CVE-2022-2873?

CVE-2022-2873 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

Weakness: CWE-131 (Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2873?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware, Netapp H500s Firmware, Netapp H700s Firmware, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2873?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-2873 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2873 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2873 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2873 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2873 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2873/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2873
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2873
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2873

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2873/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.