cxl/fwctl: Fix __fortify_panic

Summary

CVECVE-2026-80640
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-28 08:16:48 UTC
Updated2026-08-28 08:16:48 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/fwctl: Fix __fortify_panic Fix a runtime assertion in cxlctl_get_supported_features(). Fortify complains that it is potentially overflowing the entries array per __counted_by_le(num_entries). Quiet the false positive by initializing @num_entries earlier. memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 48 byte write of buffer size 0 WARNING: lib/string_helpers.c:1036 at __fortify_report+0x4d/0xa0, CPU#7: fwctl/1398 RIP: 0010:__fortify_report+0x50/0xa0 Call Trace: __fortify_panic+0xd/0xf cxlctl_get_supported_features.cold+0x23/0x35 [cxl_core]

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001830000 probability, percentile 0.079510000 (date 2026-08-30)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 4d1c09cef2c244bd19467c016a3e56ba28ecc59d b8d15e85596ad8993d42e0703a9741961a2f03eb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4d1c09cef2c244bd19467c016a3e56ba28ecc59d 18c67ecc5dafe14055edcea53f36f4e31df1816b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4d1c09cef2c244bd19467c016a3e56ba28ecc59d 6c9d2e87df40d606f1c85143e9acb1ecff463d5e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.15 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.15 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.40 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1.5 7.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c9d2e87df40d606f1c85143e9acb1ecff463d5e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8d15e85596ad8993d42e0703a9741961a2f03eb 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/18c67ecc5dafe14055edcea53f36f4e31df1816b 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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