Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: initialise event handler read bytes IPMB doesn't use i2c reads, but the handler needs to set a value. Otherwise an i2c read will return an uninitialised value from the bus driver.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/102712417bb6aa9a00d852bc59cb0a276db486c4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dfbc8c17dd161885336e77e71c336cd62cf6748 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d5c0557e53c4d8d92a619fa83eaae178165e07 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/905554ebd76aeee370bfd5136ea11e0b9d75c6f1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f235ccecd03c436cb1683eac16b12f119e54aa9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f726b3a57e00bb6249c67714c11ae8b4b31719a1 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-908
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