CVE-2026-93186

medium

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5d2bbf0300f46307948864fbb97bce5097f4fe2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4e11c731d6bee3b87315e055a1ca417c92dc1fc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a13db9f899d149c3aab24abcb668121cfda5a4f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d4841eca7c4b75751ca96d24339e19303337f2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium