# CVE-2021-45970: An issue was discovered in IdeBusDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4 befo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-01-05 · Updated: 2026-08-11

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in IdeBusDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.1 before 05.16.25, 5.2 before 05.26.25, 5.3 before 05.35.25, 5.4 before 05.43.25, and 5.5 before 05.51.25. A vulnerability exists in the SMM (System Management Mode) branch that registers a SWSMI handler that does not sufficiently check or validate the allocated buffer pointer (the status code saved at the CommBuffer+4 location).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0004/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf

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