Linux Linux Kernel
CVE-2026-64085
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) bounce blackbox records through a protocol-sized buffer adm1266_pmbus_block_xfer() copies the device-supplied block payload into the caller-provided buffer using the device-supplied length: memcpy(data_r, &msgs[1].buf[1], msgs[1].buf[0]); The helper does not know how large data_r is and trusts the device to return at most one record's worth of bytes. adm1266_nvmem_read_blackbox() violates that contract: it advances read_buff inside data->dev_mem in ADM1266_BLACKBOX_SIZE (64-byte) strides while the helper is willing to write up to ADM1266_PMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (255) bytes. A device that returns more than 64 bytes on the trailing record (read_buff offset 1984 in the 2048-byte dev_mem allocation) overflows dev_mem by up to 191 bytes before the post-call if (ret != ADM1266_BLACKBOX_SIZE) return -EIO; can reject the response. Contain the fix in the caller without changing the helper signature: read each record into a 255-byte local bounce buffer that matches the helper's maximum output, validate the returned length, and only then copy exactly ADM1266_BLACKBOX_SIZE bytes into the dev_mem slot.
What this means for your business
- It affects Linux Kernel. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 6% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Linux Kernel, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Assigned by
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dates
- Published
- 2026-07-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-03
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Linux Linux Kernel5.10 - 5.10.258, 5.11 - 5.15.209, 5.16 - 6.1.175, 6.2 - 6.6.142, 6.7 - 6.12.92, 6.13 - 6.18.34, 6.19 - 7.0.11, 7.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43cae21424ff8e33894a0f86c6b80b840c049fd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6098634cfa711f11a8d65368dc51ec8f7c8241ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c4b9fe1a3dd012014b1f561a6928a0b5db1126
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7896d87cbb05e097efc113243d4e38f9f8cea16c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e039f0a43e0708515b0479cb7690fb93faaaa0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a9cf2a8217ca1cdaf48cb9ab26e471632c7e7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5309500b4607b7198e19f0a3fa13eb864cd5fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd47b8c4a0a8ced442da3f008db28fbbd31feaf0