CVE-2026-81011

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: pass validated element count to package parsers The per-type package parsers are handed the wrong element count. hp_init_bios_package_attribute() validates obj->package.count and then calls one of the five hp_populate_*_package_data() wrappers (string, integer, enumeration, ordered list, password). Each wrapper forwards a count to its hp_populate_*_elements_from_package() parser, but instead of forwarding the validated obj->package.count it derives the count from elements[0]. elements[0] is the NAME field and is always an ACPI_TYPE_STRING, so reading ->package.count from it in fact reads ->string.length through the union acpi_object. The parsers thus bound themselves against the length of the name string rather than against the real number of elements in the package. This is safe today because hp_init_bios_package_attribute() refuses any package that has fewer than the type's element count, so a parser only ever runs on a full package and never reads past it regardless of the bogus bound. An upcoming change relaxes that check to accept shorter packages. Once a parser can receive fewer elements than its per-type count, a bound taken from the name length no longer reflects the array size, and the "elem < count" loop conditions and "elem + n >= count" sub-loop guards read past the end of elements[] - an out-of-bounds heap read. Forward the validated obj->package.count to every *_package_data() wrapper so the parsers bound themselves against the real package size. This does not change behaviour for the packages that enumerate correctly today and is a prerequisite for accepting shorter packages safely.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.1 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-11 20:19:09.927000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:17:34.520000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-81011",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:09.927",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:34.520",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: hp-bioscfg: pass validated element count to package parsers\n\nThe per-type package parsers are handed the wrong element count.\n\nhp_init_bios_package_attribute() validates obj->package.count and then\ncalls one of the five hp_populate_*_package_data() wrappers (string,\ninteger, enumeration, ordered list, password). Each wrapper forwards a\ncount to its hp_populate_*_elements_from_package() parser, but instead\nof forwarding the validated obj->package.count it derives the count\nfrom elements[0]. elements[0] is the NAME field and is always an\nACPI_TYPE_STRING, so reading ->package.count from it in fact reads\n->string.length through the union acpi_object. The parsers thus bound\nthemselves against the length of the name string rather than against\nthe real number of elements in the package.\n\nThis is safe today because hp_init_bios_package_attribute() refuses any\npackage that has fewer than the type's element count, so a parser only\never runs on a full package and never reads past it regardless of the\nbogus bound.\n\nAn upcoming change relaxes that check to accept shorter packages. Once\na parser can receive fewer elements than its per-type count, a bound\ntaken from the name length no longer reflects the array size, and the\n\"elem < count\" loop conditions and \"elem + n >= count\" sub-loop guards\nread past the end of elements[] - an out-of-bounds heap read.\n\nForward the validated obj->package.count to every *_package_data()\nwrapper so the parsers bound themselves against the real package size.\nThis does not change behaviour for the packages that enumerate\ncorrectly today and is a prerequisite for accepting shorter packages\nsafely."
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          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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