GHSA-R28F-PMVP-8355
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-13 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-13 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix out-of-bounds array access in ACPI package parsing
The hp_populate_*_elements_from_package() functions in the hp-bioscfg driver contain out-of-bounds array access vulnerabilities.
These functions parse ACPI packages into internal data structures using a for loop with index variable 'elem' that iterates through enum_obj/integer_obj/order_obj/password_obj/string_obj arrays.
When processing multi-element fields like PREREQUISITES and ENUM_POSSIBLE_VALUES, these functions read multiple consecutive array elements using expressions like 'enum_obj[elem + reqs]' and 'enum_obj[elem + pos_values]' within nested loops.
The bug is that the bounds check only validated elem, but did not consider the additional offset when accessing elem + reqs or elem + pos_values.
The fix changes the bounds check to validate the actual accessed index.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-71101"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-13T16:16:10Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix out-of-bounds array access in ACPI package parsing\n\nThe hp_populate_*_elements_from_package() functions in the hp-bioscfg\ndriver contain out-of-bounds array access vulnerabilities.\n\nThese functions parse ACPI packages into internal data structures using\na for loop with index variable \u0027elem\u0027 that iterates through\nenum_obj/integer_obj/order_obj/password_obj/string_obj arrays.\n\nWhen processing multi-element fields like PREREQUISITES and\nENUM_POSSIBLE_VALUES, these functions read multiple consecutive array\nelements using expressions like \u0027enum_obj[elem + reqs]\u0027 and\n\u0027enum_obj[elem + pos_values]\u0027 within nested loops.\n\nThe bug is that the bounds check only validated elem, but did not consider\nthe additional offset when accessing elem + reqs or elem + pos_values.\n\nThe fix changes the bounds check to validate the actual accessed index.",
"id": "GHSA-r28f-pmvp-8355",
"modified": "2026-01-13T18:31:07Z",
"published": "2026-01-13T18:31:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71101"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79cab730dbaaac03b946c7f5681bd08c986e2abd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf7ae870560b988247a4bbbe5399edd326632680"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db4c26adf7117b1a4431d1197ae7109fee3230ad"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e44c42c830b7ab36e3a3a86321c619f24def5206"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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