CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-97957
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow
check_mbox_seq_id_and_seg_len() validates that seq_id does not
exceed SEQ_ID_MAX_VAL (42) and seg_len does not exceed
MBOX_SEG_LEN (48). However, this allows the last segment
(seq_id=42) to carry a full 48-byte payload, writing to offset
42*48=2016 for 48 bytes (ending at byte 2064). The receive
buffer is only MBOX_MAX_BUF_SZ (2048) bytes, resulting in a
16-byte heap buffer overflow.
The hinic3 driver already handles this correctly by defining
MBOX_LAST_SEG_MAX_LEN and rejecting the last segment when it
exceeds the remaining buffer space. Apply the same fix to the
hinic driver.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513f7b16ed0cffae9348151c72bed17c7073096f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4d985957434867bbe85e4fa5e638f3e48ad522 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72be1fd5d256dde748c0905c5e1749a119cad5bd git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cc974799fde846eda2d8f00ad4f8e1810eb0499 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de1e23bd91fe3a6683e4bc574e2d6bcb0eef920 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6ad383901d0cb1c8ea5f7f3160fabfe1540eb5 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c622bbc212207d7c6bbd69dd88f0c3a3f5853d16 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eca54a092d5f7b497b458ff5a6f66d4f7bfb6674 git.kernel.org