w1: ds28e17: reject an oversize length on an I2C block read
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: w1: ds28e17: reject an oversize length on an I2C block read w1_f19_i2c_master_transfer() is the master_xfer for the DS28E17 1-Wire to I2C bridge. On an I2C_M_RECV_LEN read, it takes the length from the device. The downstream slave puts a length byte in buf[0]. The driver then reads that many bytes into buf[1] with w1_f19_i2c_read(). buf[0] is controlled by the device and can be 0 to 255. w1_f19_i2c_read() only rejects a zero count. The caller buffer is I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2, so 34 bytes. A length above 32 makes the read run past it, up to about 222 bytes out of bounds. The SMBus core does check buf[0] against I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX. That check runs after master_xfer returns. By then the write is already done. i2c-algo-bit rejects an oversize length before it copies, and returns -EPROTO. Reject a length above I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX at both RECV_LEN sites, the same way i2c-algo-bit does.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80931
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3cwq-59j3-h9hj
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30c021c6073559ea6851b522d8a17a524a27b4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d08877fc37e90945df38d255715bd1d6c052d46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf76d61e118b7044600a65775a3bf8adc2c6823d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f6496b34cc2919420f303b2aabdd9f71e084b56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb55c5da9828f77db2a2701316949d4de1e9b773
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae0c79a8527044e54d81fd5a3b49ce6177633758
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6df05f630c84a109736642362e452089886f9974
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/169ae5e65e5aaf213b6a578f6478a9fd2e523606
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80931 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80931 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3cwq-59j3-h9hj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80931 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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