CVE-2026-81017

platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number Each EC FIFO event carries an 8-bit sensor number (in->sensor_num). cros_ec_sensorhub_ring_handler() validates the FIFO event count, the per-read count and the ring bound, but not the sensor number, which cros_ec_sensor_ring_process_event() then uses unchecked to index sensorhub->batch_state[] - allocated with only sensorhub->sensor_num entries. A sensor number of sensor_num or larger is an out-of-bounds read and write of batch_state[]. Validate the sensor number in the ring handler, where each event is read from the EC, and drop a malformed event before it is used.

Affected

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

145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c8205.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 2b602ecf6193ecb9720c78b6728d7e09370b1ff1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 324880f94ba3c6269a607e04f78a4dd4a66b3f53 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3a76b87e1d065183e2e7ae5b800cb1f6e84f543d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3d2636dce0a8fe9eecad29010699847be425dc80 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4d9bf63ed74f859c6698bc01d8fb216ef9253867 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5eaf7faa99578ae090030d1e2e6ea3b37a615496 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 833740a2333c2e4db4e02e3d0ffba04e8718a5f3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d1b4add68dabfdd6481a4fa198bf3b473d2634d7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
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