CVE-2026-93078 PUBLISHED

cxl/features: Reject Set Features output buffer smaller than the header

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from eb5dfcb9e36d0e46089fec777d911313c1876fa3 to 1281dc84c81577b51e2b61c24617c9f44b2cdb99 (excl.)
  • affected from eb5dfcb9e36d0e46089fec777d911313c1876fa3 to 16b7c99eff030c6ea11ca24efa4b9f989cc74093 (excl.)
  • affected from eb5dfcb9e36d0e46089fec777d911313c1876fa3 to cde18d6c1d913a67ab0afd3d9475ece4be79da50 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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