CVE-2026-43266

EUVD-2026-27665
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

EFI/CPER: don't go past the ARM processor CPER record buffer

There's a logic inside GHES/CPER to detect if the section_length
is too small, but it doesn't detect if it is too big.

Currently, if the firmware receives an ARM processor CPER record
stating that a section length is big, kernel will blindly trust
section_length, producing a very long dump. For instance, a 67
bytes record with ERR_INFO_NUM set 46198 and section length
set to 854918320 would dump a lot of data going a way past the
firmware memory-mapped area.

Fix it by adding a logic to prevent it to go past the buffer
if ERR_INFO_NUM is too big, making it report instead:

	[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1
	[Hardware Error]: event severity: recoverable
	[Hardware Error]:  Error 0, type: recoverable
	[Hardware Error]:   section_type: ARM processor error
	[Hardware Error]:   MIDR: 0xff304b2f8476870a
	[Hardware Error]:   section length: 854918320, CPER size: 67
	[Hardware Error]:   section length is too big
	[Hardware Error]:   firmware-generated error record is incorrect
	[Hardware Error]:   ERR_INFO_NUM is 46198

[ rjw: Subject and changelog tweaks ]
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 6%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
4.13 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.252
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.202
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.165
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.128
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
6.1.170-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
forky
6.19.14-1
fixed
sid
7.0.4-1
fixed
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
6.12.86-1
fixed