CVE-2026-97957

net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow check_mbox_seq_id_and_seg_len() validates that seq_id does not exceed SEQ_ID_MAX_VAL (42) and seg_len does not exceed MBOX_SEG_LEN (48). However, this allows the last segment (seq_id=42) to carry a full 48-byte payload, writing to offset 42*48=2016 for 48 bytes (ending at byte 2064). The receive buffer is only MBOX_MAX_BUF_SZ (2048) bytes, resulting in a 16-byte heap buffer overflow. The hinic3 driver already handles this correctly by defining MBOX_LAST_SEG_MAX_LEN and rejecting the last segment when it exceeds the remaining buffer space. Apply the same fix to the hinic driver.

Affected

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

5.8a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c
Vendor states this is fixed in 513f7b16ed0cffae9348151c72bed17c7073096f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d4d985957434867bbe85e4fa5e638f3e48ad522 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 72be1fd5d256dde748c0905c5e1749a119cad5bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7cc974799fde846eda2d8f00ad4f8e1810eb0499 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8de1e23bd91fe3a6683e4bc574e2d6bcb0eef920 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9f6ad383901d0cb1c8ea5f7f3160fabfe1540eb5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c622bbc212207d7c6bbd69dd88f0c3a3f5853d16 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eca54a092d5f7b497b458ff5a6f66d4f7bfb6674 (fixed)
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 5.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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