CVE-2026-81007 (GCVE-0-2026-81007)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-11 19:42
Modified
2026-10-19 08:46
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: validate write message length ipmb_write() read message fields before validating the length byte. A zero or short write can read uninitialized stack bytes. A length smaller than the SMBus header underflows the block write length. Require a non-empty buffer and the minimum IPMB request length. Also require the length byte plus payload before parsing the message.
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Linux Linux Version: 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2
Version: 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2
Version: 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2
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Version: 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2
Version: 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2
Version: 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2
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