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CVE-2026-81017 (GCVE-0-2026-81017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:43 – Updated: 2026-09-14 11:59
VLAI
Title
platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 3a76b87e1d065183e2e7ae5b800cb1f6e84f543d (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 2b602ecf6193ecb9720c78b6728d7e09370b1ff1 (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 324880f94ba3c6269a607e04f78a4dd4a66b3f53 (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < d1b4add68dabfdd6481a4fa198bf3b473d2634d7 (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 3d2636dce0a8fe9eecad29010699847be425dc80 (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 5eaf7faa99578ae090030d1e2e6ea3b37a615496 (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 4d9bf63ed74f859c6698bc01d8fb216ef9253867 (git)
Affected: 145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 , < 833740a2333c2e4db4e02e3d0ffba04e8718a5f3 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.270 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.221 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.188 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.109 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "id": "CVE-2026-81017",
      "initial_release_date": "2026-09-12T16:35:26Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "126",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "227",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2026-81017",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2026-81017.json",
      "version": "5"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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