CVE-2026-97450 (GCVE-0-2026-97450)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-24 16:04
Modified
2026-10-03 10:58
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: ACPICA: validate handler object type in two places ACPICA: validate handler object type in acpi_ev_has_default_handler() and acpi_ev_find_region_handler().
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Linux Linux Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
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              "value": "AV:L - The malformed AML that leaves a non-ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_ADDRESS_HANDLER object as common_notify.handler arrives in a DSDT/SSDT. acpi_ev_find_region_handler() is reached from acpi_ev_install_space_handler() via acpi_install_address_space_handler(ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT) in ec_install_handlers()/acpi_ipmi_init(), and from acpi_ev_initialize_region() during acpi_tb_load_namespace(); no network message carries those bytes.\nAC:L - acpi_ev_install_space_handler() skips the DEVICE/PROCESSOR/THERMAL type check for acpi_gbl_root_node, so CopyObject of a Buffer onto `\\` makes obj_desc-\u003ecommon_notify.handler overlay Buffer.aml_start. A later handler install or OperationRegion init walks address_space.next on every run; the table author sets those objects and no race is required.\nPR:N - acpi_bus_init() calls acpi_load_tables() which executes module-level AML, then acpi_initialize_objects() \u2192 acpi_ev_initialize_op_regions() \u2192 acpi_ev_has_default_handler(acpi_gbl_root_node), and ec_install_handlers() calls acpi_install_address_space_handler(ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT) with no capable() check; a compromised DSDT/SSDT needs no Linux account.\nUI:N - Module-level AML runs in acpi_ns_execute_table() during acpi_load_tables(), and acpi_ev_find_region_handler() then runs from acpi_ev_initialize_op_regions() and from EC/IPMI/PCC handler install in boot/probe; that is ordinary power-on with no mount or file-open by a victim.\nS:U - The type-confused walk in acpi_ev_find_region_handler()/acpi_ev_has_default_handler() and the stores in acpi_ev_attach_region() stay inside the host ACPICA operand-object heap and do not cross a KVM/Xen, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - Without the ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_ADDRESS_HANDLER check, acpi_ev_find_region_handler() reads address_space.space_id and follows address_space.next from a wrong-typed operand (or from AML bytes overlaying common_notify.handler), an unbounded kernel overread of adjacent heap or attacker-chosen addresses rather than a few header bytes.\nI:H - acpi_ev_initialize_region() passes the type-confused pointer from acpi_ev_find_region_handler() to acpi_ev_attach_region(), which writes region_list and handler links through it; a matching fake space_id makes acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch() later invoke address_space.handler as a function pointer, which is type-confusion control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Walking address_space.next from a non-handler object (the ASAN global-buffer-overflow in AcpiEvFindRegionHandler on issue26.aml) dereferences an invalid pointer and oopses or panics the kernel during acpi_ev_install_space_handler() or acpi_ev_initialize_region()."
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