CVE-2026-93078

cxl/features: Reject Set Features output buffer smaller than the header

N/A
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
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/features: Reject Set Features output buffer smaller than the header cxlctl_set_feature() sizes its output buffer from the user's fwctl_rpc.out_len but never checks it is large enough to hold even the fwctl_rpc_cxl_out header. With out_len == 0 , kvzalloc() returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which passes the !rpc_out check, the subsequent rpc_out->size = 0 then writes through the poison pointer. Reject requests whose output buffer can't hold the response header, before allocating. The Set Feature reply carries no payload, so the header is all that is required.

Affected

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

6.15eb5dfcb9e36d0e46089fec777d911313c1876fa3
Vendor states this is fixed in 1281dc84c81577b51e2b61c24617c9f44b2cdb99 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 16b7c99eff030c6ea11ca24efa4b9f989cc74093 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cde18d6c1d913a67ab0afd3d9475ece4be79da50 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (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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