Bug 2536465 (CVE-2026-93115) - CVE-2026-93115 kernel: platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL
Summary: CVE-2026-93115 kernel: platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: Check ACPI_COMPANION() a...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93115
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 18:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 11:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 18:04:34 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL

Every platform driver can be forced to match a device that doesn't match
its list of device IDs because of device_match_driver_override(), so
platform drivers that rely on the existence of a device's ACPI companion
object need to verify its presence.

mlxbf_pmc_probe() passes the result of ACPI_COMPANION() to
acpi_device_hid(), which dereferences it, so force-binding the driver to
a device without an ACPI companion leads to a NULL pointer dereference.

Accordingly, add a requisite ACPI_COMPANION() check against NULL to the
mlxbf-pmc driver and return -ENODEV when the companion is missing.


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