CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63932

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel driver for the MH-Z19B sensor (iio: chemical: mhz19b), a buffer overflow vulnerability was found. The mhz19b_receive_buf() function copies serial data into a fixed buffer without checking if the reply size exceeds available space, potentially causing a buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could send a maliciously crafted reply over the serial interface, causing a buffer overflow and potentially leading to system instability or arbitrary code execution in kernel context.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that resets the reply state before each command and rejects oversized replies, reporting -EMSGSIZE error.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: chemical: mhz19b: reject oversized serial replies mhz19b_receive_buf() appends each serdev chunk into the fixed MHZ19B_CMD_SIZE receive buffer and advances buf_idx by len without checking that the chunk fits in the remaining space. A large callback can therefore overflow st->buf before the command path validates the reply. Reset the reply state before each command and reject oversized serial replies before copying them into the fixed buffer. When an oversized reply is detected, wake the waiter and report -EMSGSIZE instead of overwriting st->buf.

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