CVE-2026-80640

cxl/fwctl: Fix __fortify_panic

N/A
Published: August 28, 2026 at 06:48 AM UTC
Updated: August 28, 2026 at 08:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/fwctl: Fix __fortify_panic Fix a runtime assertion in cxlctl_get_supported_features(). Fortify complains that it is potentially overflowing the entries array per __counted_by_le(num_entries). Quiet the false positive by initializing @num_entries earlier. memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 48 byte write of buffer size 0 WARNING: lib/string_helpers.c:1036 at __fortify_report+0x4d/0xa0, CPU#7: fwctl/1398 RIP: 0010:__fortify_report+0x50/0xa0 Call Trace: __fortify_panic+0xd/0xf cxlctl_get_supported_features.cold+0x23/0x35 [cxl_core]

Affected

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

6.15 ≤ v < 6.18.406.15 ≤ v < 7.1.56.15 ≤ v < 7.24d1c09cef2c244bd19467c016a3e56ba28ecc59d6.15
Vendor states this is fixed in 18c67ecc5dafe14055edcea53f36f4e31df1816b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c9d2e87df40d606f1c85143e9acb1ecff463d5e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b8d15e85596ad8993d42e0703a9741961a2f03eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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