The vulnerability in the nvidia_setup_i2c_bus() function of the drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_i2c.c driver module allows a hacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information within the Linux operating system’s kernel video buffer device.

The vulnerability of the nvidiasetupi2cbus function in the drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvi2c.c driver module relates to the copying of buffers without checking the size of the input data a classic buffer overflow attack. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47642

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video: fbdev: nvidiafb: Use strscpy to prevent buffer overflow Coverity complains of a possible buffer overflow. However, given the 'static' scope of nvidiasetupi2cbus it looks like that can't happen after examiniing the call...