CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80640

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

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

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

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

This can cause system crashes when using CXL features, affecting system stability and availability.

Recommendation

Install a kernel patch that initializes the num_entries 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/fwctl: Fix __fortify_panic Fix a runtime assertion in cxlctl_get_supported_features(). Fortify complains that it is potentially overflowing the entries array per __counted_by_le(num_entries). Quiet the false positive by initializing @num_entries earlier. memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 48 byte write of buffer size 0 WARNING: lib/string_helpers.c:1036 at __fortify_report+0x4d/0xa0, CPU#7: fwctl/1398 RIP: 0010:__fortify_report+0x50/0xa0 Call Trace: __fortify_panic+0xd/0xf cxlctl_get_supported_features.cold+0x23/0x35 [cxl_core]

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