ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places
Priority LOW 33Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places Add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_namestring() and acpi_ps_peek_opcode() to prevent out-of-bounds access.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00142 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 +4Red Hat: 7 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | 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 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-737f-j4h3-g9rc
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@38ee32a9ace6fae8965f059b38e6e7fb27b1e7ce, Linux/Linux@3a8c1efc0fd3abb2d2b1254315f36db03abc88eb, Linux/Linux@4f03d84c95a51436878cd750a14f8ca37eeb3112 +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a8c1efc0fd3abb2d2b1254315f36db03abc88eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c917df56b73719a2d4cee1c4ab4a6626acb95315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f03d84c95a51436878cd750a14f8ca37eeb3112
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38ee32a9ace6fae8965f059b38e6e7fb27b1e7ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-737f-j4h3-g9rc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97444 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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