ACPICA: Add validation for node in acpi_ns_build_normalized_path()
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: 6 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 validation for node in acpi_ns_build_normalized_path() Add validation for node in acpi_ns_build_normalized_path() to prevent use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00138 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 +4Red Hat: 6 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 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: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97448
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8h8q-r4gh-jcq5
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@087eed8b347e14864f8806fa1f5976c7dc2c6792, Linux/Linux@26dd27000e9540fcb594f15010b0696b03b0d240, Linux/[email protected] +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/087eed8b347e14864f8806fa1f5976c7dc2c6792
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b06bb9b82c8f9a522dde213b1e0ddd535f22e3a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ebe7f8bb6ca1c6eadb16bed141ab8bb3dbab70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26dd27000e9540fcb594f15010b0696b03b0d240
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/babb146ceb79e71f328788f1e2c8c7c224026e61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a73528579fcbd673b668bd27a05b658123bc1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b2b616870e46e2bc04efec03879683a0036e66
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97448 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97448 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8h8q-r4gh-jcq5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97448 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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