CVE-2026-43281 PUBLISHED

mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in fw_mbox_index_xlate()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 06.05.2026 Updated: 06.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in fw_mbox_index_xlate()

Although it is guided that #mbox-cells must be at least 1, there are many instances of #mbox-cells = <0>; in the device tree. If that is the case and the corresponding mailbox controller does not provide fw_xlate and of_xlatefunction pointers,fw_mbox_index_xlate()` will be used by default and out-of-bounds accesses could occur due to lack of bounds check in that function.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 2662ed331a69c0b551f78af58f12eb629a89a36f (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 31c4c67dec3362094a6747a171a4848e98542265 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 01d9a8c2615d436b2b30c19c1afe9fcd5726ff6d (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 4caae8168d1b808c7d4ff481295292e3f97f90fb (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to f50b39fd7c72a8734153644ee945ca0d8b2e65ab (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to fcd7f96c783626c07ee3ed75fa3739a8a2052310 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 6.1.167 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.130 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.77 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.16 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.6 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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