{"cve":"CVE-2026-23131","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-14T15:16:08.387","modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:57.400","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names\n\nThe hp-bioscfg driver attempts to register kobjects with empty names when\nthe HP BIOS returns attributes with empty name strings. This causes\nmultiple kernel warnings:\n\n  kobject: (00000000135fb5e6): attempted to be registered with empty name!\n  WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 3336 at lib/kobject.c:219 kobject_add_internal+0x2eb/0x310\n\nAdd validation in hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute() to check if the\nattribute name is empty after parsing it from the WMI buffer. If empty,\nlog a debug message and skip registration of that attribute, allowing the\nmodule to continue processing other valid attributes.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29917c80aa96a25cbcf5876fd774a1cfd72b01a9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6476be59b7162b891b7bddbd0c2924d87379ef6c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800b2767905d6b409b8bbe357121970f0b489a89","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdee1b09721605f532352628d0a24623e7062efb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23131","score":0.00133,"percentile":0.0282,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}