CVE-2026-89571

CVE-2026-89571

High · published September 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

cxl/features: bound fwctl command payload to the input buffer

fwctl_cmd_rpc() copies cmd->in_len bytes into inbuf = kvzalloc(cmd->in_len)

and passes inbuf and in_len to ->fw_rpc(). The CXL callback cxlctl_fw_rpc()

ignores in_len and never checks the user-controlled op_size against it.

cxlctl_set_feature() bounds op_size only from below

(op_size <= sizeof(feat_in->hdr)) and then reads op_size - sizeof(hdr)

bytes from feat_in->feat_data via cxl_set_feature(). With a small in_len

and a large op_size the first memcpy() already reads past the

kvzalloc(in_len) buffer; the out-of-bounds bytes are placed in the mailbox

payload and sent to the device, and a large enough op_size can walk into

unmapped memory and oops the kernel. The Get paths pin op_size to a fixed

size but likewise read the input struct without checking in_len.

Reject, at the single dispatch point, any request whose fixed header plus

op_size does not fit in the copied-in buffer. The lower-bound test guards

the subtraction and ensures op_size was copied in before it is read.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00164 · 5.3th percentile
Published
2026-09-12T00:19Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 SEP 03:23Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 11 SEP 19:44Z
    cxl/features: bound fwctl command payload to the input buffer
    cvelistv5