CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80639

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the setup_xor_mapping() function has a false positive buffer overflow detection by Fortify, leading to a kernel panic. The issue is due to an uninitialized nr_maps variable.

Risk Assessment

This can cause system crashes when loading the cxl_translate module, affecting system stability.

Recommendation

Install a kernel patch that initializes the nr_maps variable earlier to avoid the false alarm.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/test: Fix __fortify_panic Fix a runtime assertion in setup_xor_mapping(). Fortify complains that it is potentially overflowing the xormaps array per __counted_by(nr_maps). Quiet the false positive by initializing @nr_maps earlier. memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 32 byte write of buffer size 0 WARNING: lib/string_helpers.c:1036 at __fortify_report+0x4d/0xa0, CPU#8: modprobe/2728 Call Trace: __fortify_panic+0xd/0xf setup_xor_mapping+0x6c/0xa0 [cxl_translate] [ dj: Fixed up @nr_entries to @nr_maps in commit log. ]

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