CVE-2026-81017
kernel: platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 11, 2026
Updated · September 29, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's sensorhub component. A local attacker could provide a maliciously crafted sensor number in an EC FIFO event. This unchecked sensor number could lead to an out-of-bounds read and write in the batch_state array, potentially causing memory corruption or system instability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write