CVE-2026-93053
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: speakup: keyhelp: guard letter_offsets possible out-of-range indexing help_init() builds letter_offsets[] by using the first byte of each function name as an index via `(start & 31) - 1`. If function_names are overridden from sysfs (root) with a name starting outside [a–z], the index underflows or exceeds the array, leading to OOB write. Function names can be overridden with the following commands as root: modprobe speakup_soft echo "0 _bad" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/function_names # then press Insert+2 on /dev/tty This fix checks the first letter in help_init(), and if it is not in the [a–z] range the function returns an error to the caller. Eventually this error is propagated to drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c:2217, which causes a bleep sound.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-17 17:17:58.783000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:16:55.117000
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"published": "2026-09-17T17:17:58.783",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:16:55.117",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nspeakup: keyhelp: guard letter_offsets possible out-of-range indexing\n\nhelp_init() builds letter_offsets[] by using the first byte of each\nfunction name as an index via `(start & 31) - 1`. If function_names are\noverridden from sysfs (root) with a name starting outside [a–z], the\nindex underflows or exceeds the array, leading to OOB write.\n\nFunction names can be overridden with the following commands as root:\n\n modprobe speakup_soft\n echo \"0 _bad\" > /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/function_names\n # then press Insert+2 on /dev/tty\n\nThis fix checks the first letter in help_init(), and if it is not in the\n[a–z] range the function returns an error to the caller. Eventually this\nerror is propagated to drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c:2217, which\ncauses a bleep sound."
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