{"id":"CVE-2026-23197","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-23197","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:46:42.150Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: imx: preserve error state in block data length handler When a block read returns an invalid length, zero or >I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX, the length handler sets the state to…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: imx: preserve error state in block data length handler\n\nWhen a block read returns an invalid length, zero or >I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX,\nthe length handler sets the state to IMX_I2C_STATE_FAILED. However,\ni2c_imx_master_isr() unconditionally overwrites this with\nIMX_I2C_STATE_READ_CONTINUE, causing an endless read loop that overruns\nbuffers and crashes the system.\n\nGuard the state transition to preserve error states set by the length\nhandler.","published":"2026-02-14T17:15:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:21:05.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00116,"percentile":0.01613,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9b508b3eecc00a243edf320bd83834d6a9b482","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b126097b0327437048bd045a0e4d273dea2910dd","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23197","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}