High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-33909
CVE-2022-33909
Description
DMA transactions which are targeted at input buffers used for the HddPassword software SMI handler could cause SMRAM corruption through a TOCTOU attack. DMA transactions which are targeted at input buffers used for the software SMI handler used by the HddPassword driver could cause SMRAM corruption through a TOCTOU attack..This issue was discovered by Insyde engineering based on the general description provided by Intel's iSTARE group. Fixed in kernel Kernel 5.2: 05.27.23, Kernel 5.3: 05.36.23, Kernel 5.4: 05.44.23, Kernel 5.5: 05.52.23 https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022051
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Affected products
4- Insyde/HddPassworddescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.insyde.com/security-pledgenvdVendor Advisory
- www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022051nvdVendor Advisory
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