Medium · published July 19, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) reject implausible blackbox record_count
adm1266_nvmem_read_blackbox() loops over a record_count that comes
straight from byte 3 of the BLACKBOX_INFO response. The destination
buffer is data->dev_mem, sized for the nvmem cell's declared 2048
bytes (ADM1266_BLACKBOX_MAX_RECORDS * ADM1266_BLACKBOX_SIZE = 32 * 64).
A device that reports a record_count greater than 32 -- whether due
to firmware bugs, bus corruption, or a non-responsive slave returning
0xff -- would walk read_buff past the end of the dev_mem allocation
on the trailing iterations.
Cap record_count at ADM1266_BLACKBOX_MAX_RECORDS (introduced here)
before entering the loop and return -EIO on any larger value, so a
malformed BLACKBOX_INFO response cannot drive the loop out of bounds.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.10, < 5.10.258 | 5.10.258 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.209 | 5.15.209 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.175 | 6.1.175 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.142 | 6.6.142 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.92 | 6.12.92 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.34 | 6.18.34 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.19, < 7.0.11 | 7.0.11 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
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