CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64101

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the pds fwctl driver where RPC input size validation occurs after parsing. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read if the input size is smaller than the expected structure.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read kernel memory beyond the allocated buffer, potentially leading to sensitive data leakage or system instability.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that moves size validation before parsing RPC input data.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fwctl: pds: Validate RPC input size before parsing The fwctl core allocates the device-specific RPC input buffer with fwctl_rpc.in_len and passes that buffer to the driver callback. pdsfc_fw_rpc() casts the buffer to struct fwctl_rpc_pds and then calls pdsfc_validate_rpc(), which reads fields from that structure before checking that the input buffer is large enough to contain it. A short in_len can make pds_fwctl read beyond the allocation. Reject pds RPC buffers that are smaller than struct fwctl_rpc_pds before parsing any pds-specific fields.

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