CVE-2026-89443

platform/x86: ISST: Validate level in perf mask ioctls

HIGH
7.1
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
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: ISST: Validate level in perf mask ioctls isst_if_get_perf_level_mask() and isst_if_get_base_freq_mask() use the user-provided level as an index into perf_levels[] via _read_pp_level_info() and _read_bf_level_info(), but neither helper validates it first. The adjacent level-info helpers reject levels above max_level before reading the same per-level register block. Add the same bounds checks to the mask helpers, and reject disabled SST-PP levels in isst_if_get_perf_level_mask() to match isst_if_get_perf_level_info(). This prevents out-of-bounds reads from the per-level offset table on invalid ioctl input.

Affected

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

6.4ea009e4769fa3bd05d4c111c3b6865eb3a9be829
Vendor states this is fixed in 1889a9156553f0692acd57caf15e877baace1a01 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1a8bab5ceee1a42a78de12d3d69f67516a20588e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 80e0d353c86a9a168ad6d213f494796294381538 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in beb22ebf76c0415f22d2d0c3f1ff0627e7ae4a68 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d19385624bdfb577db9c94bb8879992fd5e17bcd (fixed)
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 6.4 (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

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

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