CVE-2026-97444 (GCVE-0-2026-97444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-24 16:03 – Updated: 2026-09-25 12:44
VLAI
Title
ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places Add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_namestring() and acpi_ps_peek_opcode() to prevent out-of-bounds access.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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