| Name | CVE-2026-93186 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/mbox: Clamp mailbox output allocation to the payload size CXL_MEM_SEND_COMMAND bounds the user's in.size to the mailbox payload size but leaves out.size unbounded, then cxl_mbox_cmd_ctor() calls kvzalloc(out.size). A large out.size drives a huge allocation, above INT_MAX it WARNs and taints, and with panic_on_warn=1 it panics. The transport __cxl_pci_mbox_send_cmd() already clamps the response copy to min(out.size, payload_size, device len), so the output buffer is never written beyond payload_size. Clamp the allocation to payload_size too, matching the RAW path. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-6528-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.187-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 6.12.107-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.111-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 7.2.8-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.2.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | trixie | 6.12.111-1 | DSA-6528-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 7.2.6-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/8a13db9f899d149c3aab24abcb668121cfda5a4f (7.3-rc1)