GHSA-R9PH-9M45-XJ6W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-08 21:31
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Details

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

EFI/CPER: don't go past the ARM processor CPER record buffer

There's a logic inside GHES/CPER to detect if the section_length is too small, but it doesn't detect if it is too big.

Currently, if the firmware receives an ARM processor CPER record stating that a section length is big, kernel will blindly trust section_length, producing a very long dump. For instance, a 67 bytes record with ERR_INFO_NUM set 46198 and section length set to 854918320 would dump a lot of data going a way past the firmware memory-mapped area.

Fix it by adding a logic to prevent it to go past the buffer if ERR_INFO_NUM is too big, making it report instead:

[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1
[Hardware Error]: event severity: recoverable
[Hardware Error]:  Error 0, type: recoverable
[Hardware Error]:   section_type: ARM processor error
[Hardware Error]:   MIDR: 0xff304b2f8476870a
[Hardware Error]:   section length: 854918320, CPER size: 67
[Hardware Error]:   section length is too big
[Hardware Error]:   firmware-generated error record is incorrect
[Hardware Error]:   ERR_INFO_NUM is 46198

[ rjw: Subject and changelog tweaks ]

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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  "modified": "2026-05-08T21:31:21Z",
  "published": "2026-05-06T12:30:35Z",
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