CVE-2026-92522

ACPI: processor: validate MADT IOAPIC entry bounds

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: validate MADT IOAPIC entry bounds The IOAPIC hotplug lookup parses both MADT and _MAT records directly. The MADT walk previously used a subtable's declared length to advance the cursor after only locating a generic header. The _MAT path likewise passed a generic header to the IOAPIC helper. Validate that a current record has a complete generic header, that its declared length is contained in the available record range, and that a typed IOAPIC record contains the full fixed IOAPIC body before reading its fields. Use the same relation for both MADT and _MAT provider paths.

Affected

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

4.0ecf5636dcd59cd5508641f995cc4c2bafedbb995
Vendor states this is fixed in 2a5520065e76000f8c979d3d7b3d861ccaaecf1e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2c50ffdc73f3a70d745d249f509fc290754121e6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 355bee5f11acb116cd256588631b4028ca562646 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4d8ecaa332c163f2b44aa5027bf061950b71b5f3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5601bd81bc290a724ed47797d22c16cba4d7ed9f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 74d84320f8e37955eb286a7777843d554e6e75b2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e67b58c04990817ac2dbf8ae03353be6a358cd4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ff82e3374e9103d046b2a82f4315d9a422ff097d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0 (unaffected)
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 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (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

7.3HIGHLinux
Vector?

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