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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

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  • Insyde/HddPassworddescription
  • Insyde/Kernelllm-create2 versions
    5.2: <05.27.23, 5.3: <05.36.23, 5.4: <05.44.23, 5.5: <05.52.23+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 5.2: <05.27.23, 5.3: <05.36.23, 5.4: <05.44.23, 5.5: <05.52.23
    • cpe:2.3:a:insyde:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.2,<5.2.05.27.23

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