{"cve":"CVE-2026-72396","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:13.150","modified":"2026-08-17T06:19:06.147","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: adm1275: Prevent reading uninitialized stack\n\nWhile adding support for the ROHM BD127X0 hot-swap controllers, sashiko\nreported an error in device-name comparison, which can lead to reading\nuninitialized stack memory.\n\nQuoting Sashiko:\n\nThis is a pre-existing issue, but I noticed that just before this block in\nadm1275_probe(), there might be an out-of-bounds stack read:\n\n    ret = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(client, PMBUS_MFR_MODEL, block_buffer);\n    if (ret < 0) { ... }\n    for (mid = adm1275_id; mid->name[0]; mid++) {\n            if (!strncasecmp(mid->name, block_buffer, strlen(mid->name)))\n                    break;\n    }\n\nSince i2c_smbus_read_block_data() reads up to 32 bytes into the\nuninitialized stack array block_buffer without appending a null\nterminator, strncasecmp() could read past the valid bytes returned in ret.\n\nFor example, if the device returns a shorter string like \"adm12\", checking\nit against \"adm1275\" up to the length of \"adm1275\" will continue reading\ninto uninitialized stack bounds.\n\nPrevent reading uninitialized memory by zeroing the stack array.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36554592e2f5cac16ff8bf73720d38a6d9ef4a20","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a581bd64a0e91112ec8017a2dd4e70c1336e99","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/553f9517813912a5ab661af5504485d96824a61c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57d583f069fa9d3d0c0831e34b967d1f61edae94","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e4ab03a6ab9b87667410f5143bc484d7a62bdc"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72396","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12526,"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."]}