CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-23062
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kernel panic in GET_INSTANCE_ID macro
The GET_INSTANCE_ID macro that caused a kernel panic when accessing sysfs
attributes:
1. Off-by-one error: The loop condition used '<=' instead of '<',
causing access beyond array bounds. Since array indices are 0-based
and go from 0 to instances_count-1, the loop should use '<'.
2. Missing NULL check: The code dereferenced attr_name_kobj->name
without checking if attr_name_kobj was NULL, causing a null pointer
dereference in min_length_show() and other attribute show functions.
The panic occurred when fwupd tried to read BIOS configuration attributes:
Oops: general protection fault [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:min_length_show+0xcf/0x1d0 [hp_bioscfg]
Add a NULL check for attr_name_kobj before dereferencing and corrects
the loop boundary to match the pattern used elsewhere in the driver.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.6 < 6.6.122)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.68)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.8)
• linux linux kernel 6.19
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193922a23d7294085a47d7719fdb7d66ad0a236f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25150715e0b049b99df664daf05dab12f41c3e13 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb5ff1025c92117d5d1cc728bcfa294abe484da1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eba49c1dee9c5e514ca18e52c545bba524e8a045 Patch