In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: qup: jump out of the loop in case of timeout Original logic only sets the return value but doesn't jump out of the loop if the bus is kept active by a client. This is not expected. A malicious or buggy i2c client can hang the kernel in this case and should be avoided. This is observed during a long time test with a PCA953x GPIO extender. Fix it by changing the logic to not only sets the return value, but also jumps out of the loop and return to the caller with -ETIMEDOUT.
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Linux linux Kernel

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: qup: jump out of the loop in case of timeout Original logic only sets the return value but doesn't jump out of the loop if the bus is kept active by a client. This is not expected. A malicious or buggy i2c client can hang the kernel in this case and should be avoided. This is observed during a long time test with a PCA953x GPIO extender. Fix it by changing the logic to not only sets the return value, but also jumps out of the loop and return to the caller with -ETIMEDOUT.
Title i2c: qup: jump out of the loop in case of timeout
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-08-22T16:03:02.151Z

Updated: 2025-08-28T14:44:37.404Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.031Z

Link: CVE-2025-38671

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-22T16:15:42.683

Modified: 2025-08-28T15:15:58.300

Link: CVE-2025-38671

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38671 - Bugzilla