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CVE-2026-93079

kernel: cxl/features: Reject Get Feature count larger than the output buffer

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 17, 2026

Updated · October 20, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's CXL (Compute Express Link) feature handling. The cxlctl_get_feature() function does not properly validate the size of the output buffer against a user-controlled count value. This oversight allows a local attacker to provide a count larger than the allocated buffer, leading to a heap out-of-bounds write. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial of service, information disclosure, or potentially arbitrary code execution.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write