CVE-2026-89587

ACPI: pfr_update: fix stack buffer overflow in query_capability()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: pfr_update: fix stack buffer overflow in query_capability() query_capability() copies four ACPI buffer objects returned by the firmware _DSM into fixed-size u8[16] fields in struct pfru_update_cap_info using memcpy with the firmware-supplied length: memcpy(&cap_hdr->code_type, elements[CAP_CODE_TYPE_IDX].buffer.pointer, elements[CAP_CODE_TYPE_IDX].buffer.length); The same pattern repeats for drv_type, platform_id, and oem_id. If the firmware returns buffer.length > 16 for any of these fields, memcpy writes past the destination array. struct pfru_update_cap_info is stack-allocated in pfru_ioctl(). Confirmed with KASAN on 7.2-rc6: three stack-out-of-bounds reports are generated when a DSM returns 64-byte buffers, with writes reaching 44 bytes past the end of cap_hdr's [64, 156) frame window into adjacent stack redzones. Introduce a helper pointer to out_obj->package.elements and use it to validate each buffer length against its destination field size before copying, returning -EINVAL if the firmware supplies an oversized buffer.

Affected

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

0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb745.17
Vendor states this is fixed in 15d2b7f38f95d28652170344f39ee492c55e567c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d4ed2fd022bc862b156e53aae163b61259e1caa (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a2151624b55029dad0ca7efd17fb83a0461c8843 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c5a31b4e7e37c92550be9a2edf51ca853a4d251a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ced45be0073a8a31b30b4a7f68cd3a15734515de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d3af83e327565a9444cebc0db714cb837e493046 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (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

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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