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CVE-2026-43277

Medium
Published: May 6, 2026  ·  Modified: May 9, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
5.5
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

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

APEI/GHES: ensure that won't go past CPER allocated record

The logic at ghes_new() prevents allocating too large records, by
checking if they're bigger than GHES_ESTATUS_MAX_SIZE (currently, 64KB).
Yet, the allocation is done with the actual number of pages from the
CPER bios table location, which can be smaller.

Yet, a bad firmware could send data with a different size, which might
be bigger than the allocated memory, causing an OOPS:

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fff00000f9b40000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000007
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 52-bit VAs, pgdp=000000008ba16000
[fff00000f9b40000] pgd=180000013ffff403, p4d=180000013fffe403, pud=180000013f85b403, pmd=180000013f68d403, pte=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 303 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1-00002-gda407d200220 #34 PREEMPT
Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 02/02/2022
Workqueue: kacpi_notify acpi_os_execute_deferred
pstate: 214020c5 (nzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0
lr : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x328/0x4a0
sp : ffff800080e13880
x29: ffff800080e13880 x28: ffffac9aba86f6a8 x27: 0000000000000083
x26: fff00000f9b3fffc x25: 0000000000000004 x24: 0000000000000004
x23: ffff800080e13905 x22: 0000000000000010 x21: 0000000000000083
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000008 x18: 0000000000000010
x17: 0000000000000001 x16: 00000007c7f20fec x15: 0000000000000020
x14: 0000000000000008 x13: 0000000000081020 x12: 0000000000000008
x11: ffff800080e13905 x10: ffff800080e13988 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000020
x5 : 0000000000000030 x4 : 00000000fffffffe x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffffac9aba78c1c8 x1 : ffffac9aba76d0a8 x0 : 0000000000000008
Call trace:
hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0 (P)
print_hex_dump+0xac/0x170
cper_estatus_print_section+0x90c/0x968
cper_estatus_print+0xf0/0x158
__ghes_print_estatus+0xa0/0x148
ghes_proc+0x1bc/0x220
ghes_notify_hed+0x5c/0xb8
notifier_call_chain+0x78/0x148
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x80
acpi_hed_notify+0x28/0x40
acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x50/0x80
acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x24/0x48
process_one_work+0x15c/0x3b0
worker_thread+0x2d0/0x400
kthread+0x148/0x228
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: 6b14033f 540001ad a94707e2 f100029f (b8747b44)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Prevent that by taking the actual allocated are into account when
checking for CPER length.

[ rjw: Subject tweaks ]

🤖 AI Executive Summary

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's APEI/GHES module allows malicious firmware to send CPER records larger than allocated memory, causing kernel panics. The issue occurs when firmware provides data exceeding the GHES_ESTATUS_MAX_SIZE limit despite allocation checks.

📄 Description (Arabic)

تحتوي هذه الثغرة على خلل في منطق التحقق من حجم سجل CPER في وحدة APEI/GHES بنواة لينكس. يمكن للبرامج الثابتة الضارة إرسال بيانات تتجاوز الذاكرة المخصصة، مما يسبب خطأ في الوصول إلى الذاكرة وتعطل النظام.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's APEI/GHES module allows malicious firmware to send CPER records larger than allocated memory, causing kernel panics. The issue occurs when firmware provides data exceeding the GHES_ESTATUS_MAX_SIZE limit despite allocation checks.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 25, 2026 06:18
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: medium
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
government telecom energy banking
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
5.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Update the Linux kernel to the latest patched version that includes proper bounds checking for CPER record sizes in the APEI/GHES module. Ensure firmware validation mechanisms are in place and monitor system logs for kernel panic events related to GHES processing.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث نواة لينكس إلى أحدث إصدار مصحح يتضمن فحص الحدود المناسب لأحجام سجلات CPER في وحدة APEI/GHES. تأكد من وجود آليات التحقق من صحة البرامج الثابتة ومراقبة سجلات النظام لأحداث توقف النواة المتعلقة بمعالجة GHES.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.12.6.1 A.14.2.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.BE-1 PR.IP-1
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 A.14.2.1
📦 Affected Products / CPE 7 entries
linux:linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
📊 CVSS Score
5.5
/ 10.0 — Medium
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorL — Low / Local
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionN — None / Network
ScopeU — Unchanged
ConfidentialityN — None / Network
IntegrityN — None / Network
AvailabilityH — High
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Medium
CVSS Score5.5
EPSS0.01%
Exploit No
Patch ✓ Yes
Published 2026-05-06
Source Feed nvd
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
5.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: MEDIUM
🏷️ Tags
patch-available
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