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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2022· Updated Apr 30, 2025

CVE-2022-33985

CVE-2022-33985

Description

DMA transactions which are targeted at input buffers used for the NvmExpressDxe 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 NvmExpressDxe 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. This issue was fixed in kernel 5.2: 05.27.25, kernel 5.3: 05.36.25, kernel 5.4: 05.44.25, kernel 5.5: 05.52.25 https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022055

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Affected products

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  • Insyde/NvmExpressDxedescription
  • Insyde/BIOSllm-fuzzy
    Range: kernel 5.2 <05.27.25; 5.3 <05.36.25; 5.4 <05.44.25; 5.5 <05.52.25

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