CVE-2026-23156

Name	CVE-2026-23156
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get() efivar_entry_get() always returns success even if the underlying __efivar_entry_get() fails, masking errors. This may result in uninitialized heap memory being copied to userspace in the efivarfs_file_read() path. Fix it by returning the error from __efivar_entry_get().
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)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.249-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.162-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.63-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.69-1	fixed
	forky	6.18.9-1	fixed
	sid	6.18.10-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.162-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.69-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.18.9-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/4b22ec1685ce1fc0d862dcda3225d852fb107995 (6.19-rc8)