CVE-2026-90191 (GCVE-0-2026-90191)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:07
Modified
2026-10-19 08:59
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mailbox: riscv-sbi-mpxy: validate RPMI notification lengths The SBI return value controls how many bytes are copied from shared memory into the RPMI notification buffer. It is not validated against the negotiated shared-memory size before that copy. The event walker also uses a reversed loop condition and can inspect a short event record. Validate the complete notification length before copying it, iterate only while a full event header remains, and stop when a declared event payload extends beyond the copied notification data.
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Linux Linux Version: bf3022a4eb119c6b4e3424d6b19d8bfdfbc9bb57
Version: bf3022a4eb119c6b4e3424d6b19d8bfdfbc9bb57
Version: bf3022a4eb119c6b4e3424d6b19d8bfdfbc9bb57
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