platform/chrome: sensorhub: Fix memory overread in ring handler
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · 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: Fix memory overread in ring handler `max_response` and `sensor_num` are read from different EC commands: - `max_response` is from cros_ec_get_proto_info(). ec_dev->max_response = info->max_response_packet_size - sizeof(struct ec_host_response); - `sensor_num` is from cros_ec_get_sensor_count(). sensor_num = cros_ec_get_sensor_count(ec); With a malfunctioning EC firmware, it is possible that the `msg->insize` (i.e., `fifo_info_length` in the context) could be clamped in cros_ec_cmd_xfer() because `msg->insize` is greater than `max_response`. int fifo_info_length = sizeof(struct ec_response_motion_sense_fifo_info) + sizeof(u16) * sensorhub->sensor_num; This means the number of read bytes could be less than expected. As a result, the subsequent memcpy() in cros_ec_sensorhub_ring_handler() overreads the `resp->fifo_info` buffer. Check the return value of cros_ec_cmd_xfer_status() and abort if the number of bytes read does not match the expected length.
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, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 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-2026-93165
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4wfm-wp45-cw6m
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98604cc8fd2578442f49cd113481e8fc83bc0ad3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86bcfab7dff6f0a61cbe0660e5176e907353141b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e901aaf95828364b05a2120a1bea1a1669bdc9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7780d93ae28f31fe517417c9451255315d1ad584
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0403520cdbcf87e853df9aaa9b518a0684ed38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/847a5ba0ac75f609e3f88da905251f7a76179145
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6268f46d83875d294d75b68b97a5b79953744598
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ceb2b2324717fa30b44d56ef0c52813e239569
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93165 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93165 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4wfm-wp45-cw6m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93165 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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