platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL
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
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL Every platform driver can be forced to match a device that doesn't match its list of device IDs because of device_match_driver_override(), so platform drivers that rely on the existence of a device's ACPI companion object need to verify its presence. mlxbf_pmc_probe() passes the result of ACPI_COMPANION() to acpi_device_hid(), which dereferences it, so force-binding the driver to a device without an ACPI companion leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Accordingly, add a requisite ACPI_COMPANION() check against NULL to the mlxbf-pmc driver and return -ENODEV when the companion is missing.
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 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93115
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hf49-hh29-x2wv
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/950d8e8375f3ff4787de51b7bdf8dd23a3ad6547
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdfb736282b9665c0169df0c4152ec91fdea2767
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf1e0cc5cc1d4e71b699fc98cc9198ead0ed53e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a75b84119e56fc34b0f1403f3b93d357a55dabb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71ba8b6e28f7a83b724036f5de07e03bb5473286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d25dd08268aeaceb485189aaa84aa6d68a460291
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38cce70adef874c2a7b5132c14d6c221401deff
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93115 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93115 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hf49-hh29-x2wv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93115 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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