# CVE-2026-46001: hwmon: (pt5161l) Fix bugs in pt5161l\_read\_block\_data()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-06-14

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pt5161l) Fix bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data() Fix two bugs in pt5161l_read_block_data(): 1. Buffer overrun: The local buffer rbuf is declared as u8 rbuf[24], but i2c_smbus_read_block_data() can return up to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32) bytes. The i2c-core copies the data into the caller's buffer before the return value can be checked, so the post-read length validation does not prevent a stack overrun if a device returns more than 24 bytes. Resize the buffer to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX. 2. Unexpected positive return on length mismatch: When all three retries are exhausted because the device returns data with an unexpected length, i2c_smbus_read_block_data() returns a positive byte count. The function returns this directly, and callers treat any non-negative return as success, processing stale or incomplete buffer contents. Return -EIO when retries are exhausted with a positive return value, preserving the negative error code on I2C failure.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eccabff1c9ec15e4b6fe186d5c147b13a9cdb4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d48e37a1304d6148406c799479c0fb505aefa7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a11aa9c5fd9dfe62be7cfec1f2a7546afb77254c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c73e93d6a756e1b8626bb259d2e07c5b89b370

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