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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-80662

| EUVDEUVD-2026-67538 HIGH
2026-08-28 Linux GHSA-rj94-r4gm-mqj5
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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7.1 HIGH

Local vector and PR:L because tracefs read access and physical CXL hardware are prerequisites; C:H for kernel stack disclosure, A:H for iomap overrun crash risk.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

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CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 29, 2026 - 07:47 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 29, 2026 - 07:22 NVD
7.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 28, 2026 - 09:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 28, 2026 - 06:49 cve.org
HIGH 7.1
CVE Published
Aug 28, 2026 - 06:49 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl: Fix CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE to match RAS Capability size

The CXL r4.0 8.2.4.17.7 RAS Capability Structure has total length 0x58 bytes (CXL_RAS_CAPABILITY_LENGTH); the Header Log occupies the trailing 64 bytes at offset 0x18. CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE was defined as SZ_512, eight times the actual on-device size.

header_log_copy() reads CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE_U32 (128) dwords from the RAS capability iomap, overrunning the 88-byte mapping by 448 bytes. The cxl_aer_uncorrectable_error trace event memcpy()s CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE (512) bytes from its source. For the CPER caller the source is struct cxl_ras_capability_regs::header_log[16] (64 bytes) embedded in a stack-local cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data, so the memcpy reads 448 bytes of kernel stack into the trace event ring buffer where userspace can read it via tracefs.

Set CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE to 64 and derive CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE_U32 from it, bringing all iomap readers into agreement on 16 dwords. Userspace tools such as rasdaemon have grown a dependency on the buggy 512-byte (128 u32) header_log layout in the cxl_aer_uncorrectable_error trace event. Add CXL_HEADERLOG_TRACE_SIZE_U32 = 128 and use it for the trace event __array and its memcpy to preserve that ABI. Both callers now pass a zero-filled u32[CXL_HEADERLOG_TRACE_SIZE_U32] staging buffer with only the first CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE_U32 (16) entries populated from hardware; the remaining 112 u32s are zero-padded, keeping the 512-byte trace ring buffer layout intact.

[ dj: Replaced 64 with SZ_64 per RichardC ]

AnalysisAI

Kernel stack disclosure and potential denial-of-service affect Linux systems with CXL hardware due to an off-by-8 size constant in the CXL RAS capability subsystem introduced in Linux 6.2. A local user who can trigger a CXL AER uncorrectable error and read tracefs can obtain up to 448 bytes of adjacent kernel stack data - potentially including code pointers and sensitive in-flight values - from the tracefs ring buffer. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires: (1) a local user account on the target system; (2) read access to the Linux tracefs filesystem (typically /sys/kernel/tracing, which on most distributions is restricted to the tracing group or root - not world-readable by default); (3) a vulnerable Linux kernel version beginning from Linux 6.2 (commit 2905cb5236cba63a5dc8a83752dcc31f3cc819f9) and not yet patched to 6.18.42, 7.1.5, or 7.2; (4) CXL hardware physically installed and the CXL kernel subsystem compiled and active; and (5) a CXL AER uncorrectable error event occurring - either naturally or induced. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 7.1 score with AV:L/AC:L/PR:L accurately characterizes that exploitation is bounded to local access on a system with CXL hardware, substantially constraining the realistic attack surface. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation The primary fix is to upgrade to a patched Linux kernel: 6.18.42, 7.1.5, or 7.2 as applicable to the deployed stable branch. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 Affected

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