Bug 2532206 (CVE-2026-89743) - CVE-2026-89743 kernel: Linux kernel: NSM information disclosure via out-of-bounds read
Summary: CVE-2026-89743 kernel: Linux kernel: NSM information disclosure via out-of-bo...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89743
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-11 21:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 21:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 21:21:06 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

misc: nsm: bound the device-reported response length

nsm_sendrecv_msg_locked() stores the virtqueue used-ring length reported
by the NSM device into msg->resp.len without bounding it to the response
buffer. A malicious or buggy backend can report a length larger than the
response buffer; parse_resp_raw() then copies that many bytes out of the
fixed buffer to user space, disclosing adjacent kernel heap (an
out-of-bounds read). The request path already floors its length in
fill_req_raw(); the response path lacks the symmetric check.

Clamp the stored length to the size of the response buffer. Well-behaved
devices report no more than the posted buffer size, so conforming traffic
is unaffected.


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