fpga: microchip-spi: fix zero header_size OOB read in mpf_ops_parse_header()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fpga: microchip-spi: fix zero header_size OOB read in mpf_ops_parse_header() mpf_ops_parse_header() reads header_size from the bitstream at MPF_HEADER_SIZE_OFFSET (24). When header_size is zero, the expression *(buf + header_size - 1) reads one byte before the buffer start. Since initial_header_size is set to 71 in mpf_ops, the fpga-mgr core guarantees the buffer is large enough to reach MPF_HEADER_SIZE_OFFSET. The only real gap is the zero header_size case, which cannot be resolved by providing a larger buffer, so return -EINVAL.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72156
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-46j9-hjxg-9ff5
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e45ec24d8e986d79a8e07f49a816c414ad283622
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d3766fecd9b2db39a18b48021c15c522997ec25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1baee24df72ec8fd1d6925c1d5162ffff4ee3bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9ef79e34bc1eac4fd59051e5c7b96a74e59d46f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da8eaf5469eda2353b72038d644fabddb848ce1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43a1974da6bc7ce8f4d1dc1d03d56997428c29c3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72156 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72156 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-46j9-hjxg-9ff5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72156 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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