CVE-2026-64083
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) reject short block-read responses in the GPIO accessors adm1266_gpio_get() and adm1266_gpio_get_multiple() both compose the pin-status word as pins_status = read_buf[0] + (read_buf[1] << 8); right after i2c_smbus_read_block_data(), guarding only against an error return. A well-behaved device returns 2 bytes for GPIO_STATUS/PDIO_STATUS, but the helper happily reports a 0- or 1-byte response too. If the device returns 0 bytes, both read_buf slots are uninitialized stack memory; if it returns 1 byte, read_buf[1] is. The composed value then flows through set_bit() into the caller's *bits in adm1266_gpio_get_multiple(), or into the return value of adm1266_gpio_get(), and ends up in userspace via gpiolib (sysfs and the char-dev ioctls). That leaks a few bits of kernel stack per request on any device whose firmware glitch, bus error, or hostile slave produces a short block-read response. Add the missing length check to both call sites and surface a short response as -EIO.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.258
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.209
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.175
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.142
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.92
- Linux Kernel < 6.18.34
- Linux Kernel < 7.0.11
- Linux Kernel 7.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64fa9328948ddcc0f7f3c23ea1756c126d9dffac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d1c819348b36fccbbfcf37c5fa7a50a9b4528f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7232f68c43ca62f545049b7f5fbfc75137b843b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae25cf2ea9ebd06d7ad416647dbdc7b5d0172946
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c603b6c6840ac0c6285f5eefea0de6242710af21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb3cd9bb590460c6127145cb245be925d23f5232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4799becf7d2af3778007e22c2e55c4009a49c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9196aad9e5a3845cea17de3405ebc700382142
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64fa9328948ddcc0f7f3c23ea1756c126d9dffac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d1c819348b36fccbbfcf37c5fa7a50a9b4528f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7232f68c43ca62f545049b7f5fbfc75137b843b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae25cf2ea9ebd06d7ad416647dbdc7b5d0172946
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c603b6c6840ac0c6285f5eefea0de6242710af21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb3cd9bb590460c6127145cb245be925d23f5232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4799becf7d2af3778007e22c2e55c4009a49c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9196aad9e5a3845cea17de3405ebc700382142