CVE-2026-52948CWE-190

CVE-2026-52948

Medium · published June 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00132 · 2.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2026-06-24T21:17Z
Affected products (12)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.29.1, < 5.10.2595.10.259
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2105.15.210
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1766.1.176
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1436.6.143
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.946.12.94
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.366.18.36
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.137.0.13
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References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 16:26Z
    i2c: dev: prevent integer overflow in I2C_TIMEOUT ioctl
    cvelistv5