CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-81017

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: 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 platform/chrome sensorhub driver did not validate the EC-reported sensor number (in->sensor_num) in cros_ec_sensorhub_ring_handler(). A value equal to or greater than sensor_num caused an out-of-bounds read and write of the batch_state[] array.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability allows out-of-bounds read and write in kernel context, potentially leading to data disclosure or memory corruption and system destabilization.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that validates the sensor number in the ring handler and drops malformed events.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number Each EC FIFO event carries an 8-bit sensor number (in->sensor_num). cros_ec_sensorhub_ring_handler() validates the FIFO event count, the per-read count and the ring bound, but not the sensor number, which cros_ec_sensor_ring_process_event() then uses unchecked to index sensorhub->batch_state[] - allocated with only sensorhub->sensor_num entries. A sensor number of sensor_num or larger is an out-of-bounds read and write of batch_state[]. Validate the sensor number in the ring handler, where each event is read from the EC, and drop a malformed event before it is used.

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