Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2022· Updated Nov 4, 2025
CVE-2021-45970
CVE-2021-45970
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).
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Affected products
2- Insyde/InsydeH2Odescription
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References
3- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdfmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220216-0004/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.insyde.com/security-pledgemitrex_refsource_MISC
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