In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/features: bound fwctl command payload to the input buffer
fwctl_cmd_rpc() copies cmd->in_len bytes into inbuf = kvzalloc(cmd->in_len)
and passes inbuf and in_len to ->fw_rpc(). The CXL callback cxlctl_fw_rpc()
ignores in_len and never checks the user-controlled op_size against it.
cxlctl_set_feature() bounds op_size only from below
(op_size <= sizeof(feat_in->hdr)) and then reads op_size - sizeof(hdr)
bytes from feat_in->feat_data via cxl_set_feature(). With a small in_len
and a large op_size the first memcpy() already reads past the
kvzalloc(in_len) buffer; the out-of-bounds bytes are placed in the mailbox
payload and sent to the device, and a large enough op_size can walk into
unmapped memory and oops the kernel. The Get paths pin op_size to a fixed
size but likewise read the input struct without checking in_len.
Reject, at the single dispatch point, any request whose fixed header plus
op_size does not fit in the copied-in buffer. The lower-bound test guards
the subtraction and ensures op_size was copied in before it is read.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it