Bug 2536394 (CVE-2026-93186) - CVE-2026-93186 kernel: cxl/mbox: Clamp mailbox output allocation to the payload size
Summary: CVE-2026-93186 kernel: cxl/mbox: Clamp mailbox output allocation to the paylo...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93186
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:42 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 14:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:42:50 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/mbox: Clamp mailbox output allocation to the payload size

CXL_MEM_SEND_COMMAND bounds the user's in.size to the mailbox payload
size but leaves out.size unbounded, then cxl_mbox_cmd_ctor() calls
kvzalloc(out.size). A large out.size drives a huge allocation, above
INT_MAX it WARNs and taints, and with panic_on_warn=1 it panics.

The transport __cxl_pci_mbox_send_cmd() already clamps the response copy
to min(out.size, payload_size, device len), so the output buffer is
never written beyond payload_size. Clamp the allocation to payload_size
too, matching the RAW path.


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