CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-43171
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-06
- 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-191
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
EFI/CPER: don't dump the entire memory region
The current logic at cper_print_fw_err() doesn't check if the
error record length is big enough to handle offset. On a bad firmware,
if the ofset is above the actual record, length -= offset will
underflow, making it dump the entire memory.
The end result can be:
- the logic taking a lot of time dumping large regions of memory;
- data disclosure due to the memory dumps;
- an OOPS, if it tries to dump an unmapped memory region.
Fix it by checking if the section length is too small before doing
a hex dump.
[ rjw: Subject tweaks ]
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (> 5.7 < 5.10.252)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.202)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.165)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.128)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.75)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.16)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.6)
• linux linux kernel 5.7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02de64ab54b4bb0f1b21bb324aeff3b08612be33 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e09b522f2622841389c3b2f9ac4969e35c0809d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54e131db4cdffd946db890ff33ff2647053fd4f6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55cc6fe5716f678f06bcb95140882dfa684464ec Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a9b1dda8481b82851a655c3bcc5b44879b95334 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ae5aaa7ac93c83da456039e8ec747bfa8a7cff Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7780c0bad2a3a70a8c0113a33c02f4151d901eb3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8419f5f2c5f2d80848ddabb2b95cf0da84a5f91 Patch