# CVE-2017-18551: An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15. There is an out of bounds write in the function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=89c6efa61f5709327ecfa24bff18e57a4e80c7fa
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K48073202?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

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