CVE-2026-43171

MEDIUM

EFI/CPER: don't dump the entire memory region

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EFI/CPER: don't dump the entire memory region The current logic at cper_print_fw_err() doesn't check if the error record length is big enough to handle offset. On a bad firmware, if the ofset is above the actual record, length -= offset will underflow, making it dump the entire memory. The end result can be: - the logic taking a lot of time dumping large regions of memory; - data disclosure due to the memory dumps; - an OOPS, if it tries to dump an unmapped memory region. Fix it by checking if the section length is too small before doing a hex dump. [ rjw: Subject tweaks ]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-191
Status published
Products (35)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel 5.7.0 - 5.10.252linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 5.7
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 02de64ab54b4bb0f1b21bb324aeff3b08612be33
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0e09b522f2622841389c3b2f9ac4969e35c0809d
... and 25 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026