{"cve":"CVE-2026-43277","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-06T12:16:49.057","modified":"2026-06-17T10:49:17.690","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nAPEI/GHES: ensure that won't go past CPER allocated record\n\nThe logic at ghes_new() prevents allocating too large records, by\nchecking if they're bigger than GHES_ESTATUS_MAX_SIZE (currently, 64KB).\nYet, the allocation is done with the actual number of pages from the\nCPER bios table location, which can be smaller.\n\nYet, a bad firmware could send data with a different size, which might\nbe bigger than the allocated memory, causing an OOPS:\n\n    Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fff00000f9b40000\n    Mem abort info:\n      ESR = 0x0000000096000007\n      EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n      SET = 0, FnV = 0\n      EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n      FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault\n    Data abort info:\n      ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000\n      CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0\n      GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0\n    swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 52-bit VAs, pgdp=000000008ba16000\n    [fff00000f9b40000] pgd=180000013ffff403, p4d=180000013fffe403, pud=180000013f85b403, pmd=180000013f68d403, pte=0000000000000000\n    Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1]  SMP\n    Modules linked in:\n    CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 303 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1-00002-gda407d200220 #34 PREEMPT\n    Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\n    Workqueue: kacpi_notify acpi_os_execute_deferred\n    pstate: 214020c5 (nzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n    pc : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0\n    lr : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x328/0x4a0\n    sp : ffff800080e13880\n    x29: ffff800080e13880 x28: ffffac9aba86f6a8 x27: 0000000000000083\n    x26: fff00000f9b3fffc x25: 0000000000000004 x24: 0000000000000004\n    x23: ffff800080e13905 x22: 0000000000000010 x21: 0000000000000083\n    x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000008 x18: 0000000000000010\n    x17: 0000000000000001 x16: 00000007c7f20fec x15: 0000000000000020\n    x14: 0000000000000008 x13: 0000000000081020 x12: 0000000000000008\n    x11: ffff800080e13905 x10: ffff800080e13988 x9 : 0000000000000000\n    x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000020\n    x5 : 0000000000000030 x4 : 00000000fffffffe x3 : 0000000000000000\n    x2 : ffffac9aba78c1c8 x1 : ffffac9aba76d0a8 x0 : 0000000000000008\n    Call trace:\n     hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0 (P)\n     print_hex_dump+0xac/0x170\n     cper_estatus_print_section+0x90c/0x968\n     cper_estatus_print+0xf0/0x158\n     __ghes_print_estatus+0xa0/0x148\n     ghes_proc+0x1bc/0x220\n     ghes_notify_hed+0x5c/0xb8\n     notifier_call_chain+0x78/0x148\n     blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x80\n     acpi_hed_notify+0x28/0x40\n     acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x50/0x80\n     acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x24/0x48\n     process_one_work+0x15c/0x3b0\n     worker_thread+0x2d0/0x400\n     kthread+0x148/0x228\n     ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n    Code: 6b14033f 540001ad a94707e2 f100029f (b8747b44)\n    ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nPrevent that by taking the actual allocated are into account when\nchecking for CPER length.\n\n[ rjw: Subject tweaks ]","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/616c120dcdf1ce96edcd818e38bce49667f80689","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5d41984ad896736c23e2fff7c80e15c1319132","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92ba79074c58e65a6e32713758c5a9aecd33c2ea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98bd9b28d4d11e6739ad86524b4be4ada9025e60","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6be51a12441136fdf8c49b2525689fbea1856e1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43277","score":0.00114,"percentile":0.01478,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}