CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64497

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the scd30 chemical sensor driver in the Linux kernel, a sign-extension bug was found when processing float32 values. The bitwise AND with ~BIT(31) (0xFFFFFFFF7FFFFFFF) corrupts the exponent, leading to incorrect readings. Code readability was also improved by refactoring variable initializations.

Risk Assessment

The sign-extension bug can cause incorrect sensor readings, potentially affecting decisions based on that data, such as in air quality monitoring systems.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that replaces manual bit operations with the FIELD_GET() macro and fixes variable initializations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: chemical: scd30: Cleanup initializations and fix sign-extension bug Include linux/bitfield.h for FIELD_GET(). Create new macros for bit manipulation in combination with manual bit manipulation being replaced with FIELD_GET(). The current variable declaration and initializations are barely readable and use comma separations across multiple lines. Refactor the initializations so that mantissa and exp have separate declarations and sign gets initialized later. In addition (and due to the nature of the cleanup), fix a sign-extension bug where, float32 would get bitwise anded with ~BIT(31) (which is 0xFFFFFFFF7FFFFFFF) which corrupted the exponent.

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