Bug 2536442 (CVE-2026-93078) - CVE-2026-93078 kernel: cxl/features: Reject Set Features output buffer smaller than the header
Summary: CVE-2026-93078 kernel: cxl/features: Reject Set Features output buffer smalle...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93078
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 11:32 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:53:09 UTC
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.


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