High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-30772
CVE-2022-30772
Description
Manipulation of the input address in PnpSmm function 0x52 could be used by malware to overwrite SMRAM or OS kernel memory. Function 0x52 of the PnpSmm driver is passed the address and size of data to write into the SMBIOS table, but manipulation of the address could be used by malware to overwrite SMRAM or OS kernel memory. This issue was discovered by Insyde engineering during a security review. This issue is fixed in: Kernel 5.0: 05.09.41 Kernel 5.1: 05.17.43 Kernel 5.2: 05.27.30 Kernel 5.3: 05.36.30 Kernel 5.4: 05.44.30 Kernel 5.5: 05.52.30 https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022065
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Affected products
3- Insyde/PnpSmm driverdescription
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References
2- www.insyde.com/security-pledgenvdVendor Advisory
- www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022065nvdVendor Advisory
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