Bug 2540528 (CVE-2026-97423) - CVE-2026-97423 kernel: cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access
Summary: CVE-2026-97423 kernel: cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97423
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-24 17:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 11:34 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 17:07:47 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access

construct_region() reads cxled->part and uses it to index
cxlds->part[] without checking for a negative value. If the
partition was never resolved, part remains at its initial value
of -1, causing an out-of-bounds array access.

Add a guard to return -EBUSY when part is negative.

The check was dropped during a merge.


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