platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number Each EC FIFO event carries an 8-bit sensor number (in->sensor_num). cros_ec_sensorhub_ring_handler() validates the FIFO event count, the per-read count and the ring bound, but not the sensor number, which cros_ec_sensor_ring_process_event() then uses unchecked to index sensorhub->batch_state[] - allocated with only sensorhub->sensor_num entries. A sensor number of sensor_num or larger is an out-of-bounds read and write of batch_state[]. Validate the sensor number in the ring handler, where each event is read from the EC, and drop a malformed event before it is used.
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 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9fvp-phgh-6gx2
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a76b87e1d065183e2e7ae5b800cb1f6e84f543d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b602ecf6193ecb9720c78b6728d7e09370b1ff1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324880f94ba3c6269a607e04f78a4dd4a66b3f53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b4add68dabfdd6481a4fa198bf3b473d2634d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d2636dce0a8fe9eecad29010699847be425dc80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaf7faa99578ae090030d1e2e6ea3b37a615496
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d9bf63ed74f859c6698bc01d8fb216ef9253867
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/833740a2333c2e4db4e02e3d0ffba04e8718a5f3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-81017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9fvp-phgh-6gx2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-81017 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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