CVE-2026-93078

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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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-17 17:18:01.743000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:16:57.760000

View original CVE JSON

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-93078",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:18:01.743",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:16:57.760",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxl/features: Reject Set Features output buffer smaller than the header\n\ncxlctl_set_feature() sizes its output buffer from the user's\nfwctl_rpc.out_len but never checks it is large enough to hold even the\nfwctl_rpc_cxl_out header. With out_len == 0 , kvzalloc() returns\nZERO_SIZE_PTR, which passes the !rpc_out check, the subsequent\nrpc_out->size = 0 then writes through the poison pointer.\n\nReject requests whose output buffer can't hold the response header,\nbefore allocating. The Set Feature reply carries no payload, so the\nheader is all that is required."
    }
  ],
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