High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89443
platform/x86: ISST: Validate level in perf mask ioctls
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: ISST: Validate level in perf mask ioctls
isst_if_get_perf_level_mask() and isst_if_get_base_freq_mask() use the
user-provided level as an index into perf_levels[] via
_read_pp_level_info() and _read_bf_level_info(), but neither helper
validates it first.
The adjacent level-info helpers reject levels above max_level before
reading the same per-level register block. Add the same bounds checks to
the mask helpers, and reject disabled SST-PP levels in
isst_if_get_perf_level_mask() to match isst_if_get_perf_level_info().
This prevents out-of-bounds reads from the per-level offset table on
invalid ioctl input.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
ea009e4769fa3bd05d4c111c3b6865eb3a9be829 before beb22ebf76c0415f22d2d0c3f1ff0627e7ae4a68; ea009e4769fa3bd05d4c111c3b6865eb3a9be829 before 1a8bab5ceee1a42a78de12d3d69f67516a20588e; ea009e4769fa3bd05d4c111c3b6865eb3a9be829 before 1889a9156553f0692acd57caf15e877baace1a01; ea009e4769fa3bd05d4c111c3b6865eb3a9be829 before d19385624bdfb577db9c94bb8879992fd5e17bcd; ea009e4769fa3bd05d4c111c3b6865eb3a9be829 before 80e0d353c86a9a168ad6d213f494796294381538; 6.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89443
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89443
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1889a9156553f0692acd57caf15e877baace1a01
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a8bab5ceee1a42a78de12d3d69f67516a20588e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80e0d353c86a9a168ad6d213f494796294381538
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beb22ebf76c0415f22d2d0c3f1ff0627e7ae4a68
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d19385624bdfb577db9c94bb8879992fd5e17bcd
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