CVE-2026-43201

APEI/GHES: ARM processor Error: don't go past allocated memory

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: APEI/GHES: ARM processor Error: don't go past allocated memory If the BIOS generates a very small ARM Processor Error, or an incomplete one, the current logic will fail to deferrence err->section_length and ctx_info->size Add checks to avoid that. With such changes, such GHESv2 records won't cause OOPSes like this: [ 1.492129] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] SMP [ 1.495449] Modules linked in: [ 1.495820] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1-00017-gabadcc3553dd-dirty #18 PREEMPT [ 1.496125] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 [ 1.496433] Workqueue: kacpi_notify acpi_os_execute_deferred [ 1.496967] pstate: 814000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 1.497199] pc : log_arm_hw_error+0x5c/0x200 [ 1.497380] lr : ghes_handle_arm_hw_error+0x94/0x220 0xffff8000811c5324 is in log_arm_hw_error (../drivers/ras/ras.c:75). 70 err_info = (struct cper_arm_err_info *)(err + 1); 71 ctx_info = (struct cper_arm_ctx_info *)(err_info + err->err_info_num); 72 ctx_err = (u8 *)ctx_info; 73 74 for (n = 0; n < err->context_info_num; n++) { 75 sz = sizeof(struct cper_arm_ctx_info) + ctx_info->size; 76 ctx_info = (struct cper_arm_ctx_info *)((long)ctx_info + sz); 77 ctx_len += sz; 78 } 79 and similar ones while trying to access section_length on an error dump with too small size. [ rjw: Subject tweaks ]

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 6.17.136.12.63 ≤ v < 6.12.756.17.13 ≤ v < 6.186.18.2 ≤ v < 6.18.166.19 ≤ v < 6.19.66.19 ≤ v < 7.00aa7b12eaa87cd6ffa25d432d3c58986516f8b1c22b5096abc9824fb84f0bfe084f5be9f7ea5f2d92599ad5e33b629a78a14a463a51afa134e9c5b155954511b73e748d370549ad9dd9cd95297d97a6.12.636.17.136.18.26.19
Vendor states this is fixed in 136093ba4161e0080088abff48273f6830a47766 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 242c652849d979d0133c315a42d9acea0ff88390 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 87880af2d24e62a84ed19943dbdd524f097172f2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in db103b8bd3a4aca69b1b5fe8831a6ed75ac4b3bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.75 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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