An issue was discovered in Kernel 5.x in Insyde InsydeH2O, affecting HddPassword. Software SMI services that use the Communicate() function of the EFI_SMM_COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL do not check whether the address of the buffer is valid, which allows use of SMRAM, MMIO, or OS kernel addresses.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-20302 An issue was discovered in Kernel 5.x in Insyde InsydeH2O, affecting HddPassword. Software SMI services that use the Communicate() function of the EFI_SMM_COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL do not check whether the address of the buffer is valid, which allows use of SMRAM, MMIO, or OS kernel addresses.
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:12:29.871Z

Reserved: 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33625

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-03T02:15:06.930

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:00.210

Link: CVE-2021-33625

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