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GHSA-M4GX-G2G6-VWMJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-29 09:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

of: reserved_mem: prevent OOB when too many dynamic regions are defined

On boot, fdt_scan_reserved_mem() saves each dynamically-placed /reserved-memory subnode into a local array of size MAX_RESERVED_REGIONS.

If the device tree defines more than MAX_RESERVED_REGIONS dynamically-placed regions, fdt_scan_reserved_mem() writes past the end of the local array.

Add a bounds check that logs an error and skips the excess regions, restoring the original behavior.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-80723 (GCVE-0-2026-80723)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:53 – Updated: 2026-08-29 06:22

Title

of: reserved_mem: prevent OOB when too many dynamic regions are defined

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: reserved_mem: prevent OOB when too many dynamic regions are defined On boot, fdt_scan_reserved_mem() saves each dynamically-placed /reserved-memory subnode into a local array of size MAX_RESERVED_REGIONS. If the device tree defines more than MAX_RESERVED_REGIONS dynamically-placed regions, fdt_scan_reserved_mem() writes past the end of the local array. Add a bounds check that logs an error and skips the excess regions, restoring the original behavior.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d27250c9e81ab77…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfa7e2734877330d6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de8ccbd6bf4efe7a0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3dbdfea1b8f3877…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 9a0fe62f93ede02c27aaca81112af1e59c8c0979 , < 68d27250c9e81ab7764603e346c2b1017cb53adf (git) Affected: 8a6e02d0c00e7b62e6acb74146878bb91e9e7e31 , < cfa7e2734877330d6c10e0f33953905486c4530c (git) Affected: 8a6e02d0c00e7b62e6acb74146878bb91e9e7e31 , < de8ccbd6bf4efe7a059e2c483789936009e10f42 (git) Affected: 8a6e02d0c00e7b62e6acb74146878bb91e9e7e31 , < db3dbdfea1b8f38774419c5c2c14e4b81c48708d (git) Affected: 6.12.13 , < 6.12.103 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.13 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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