CVE-2026-46001

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 27, 2026
First seenMay 27, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.9 ≤ v < 6.12.86, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.27, 6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.46.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4

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