CVE-2026-97444

ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places

HIGH

7.7

CVSS Score

Published: September 24, 2026 at 04:03 PM UTC

Updated: October 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

HIGH7.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places Add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_namestring() and acpi_ps_peek_opcode() to prevent out-of-bounds access.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

2.6.12 ≤ v < 5.10.2712.6.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2222.6.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1892.6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.1112.6.12 ≤ v < 6.18.532.6.12 ≤ v < 6.6.1582.6.12 ≤ v < 7.21da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 2.6.12

Vendor states this is fixed in 253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 38ee32a9ace6fae8965f059b38e6e7fb27b1e7ce (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3a8c1efc0fd3abb2d2b1254315f36db03abc88eb (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4f03d84c95a51436878cd750a14f8ca37eeb3112 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in c917df56b73719a2d4cee1c4ab4a6626acb95315 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.271 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.222 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)