High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89587
ACPI: pfr_update: fix stack buffer overflow in query_capability()
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: pfr_update: fix stack buffer overflow in query_capability()
query_capability() copies four ACPI buffer objects returned by the
firmware _DSM into fixed-size u8[16] fields in struct
pfru_update_cap_info using memcpy with the firmware-supplied length:
memcpy(&cap_hdr->code_type,
elements[CAP_CODE_TYPE_IDX].buffer.pointer,
elements[CAP_CODE_TYPE_IDX].buffer.length);
The same pattern repeats for drv_type, platform_id, and oem_id.
If the firmware returns buffer.length > 16 for any of these fields,
memcpy writes past the destination array.
struct pfru_update_cap_info is stack-allocated in pfru_ioctl().
Confirmed with KASAN on 7.2-rc6: three stack-out-of-bounds reports
are generated when a DSM returns 64-byte buffers, with writes reaching
44 bytes past the end of cap_hdr's [64, 156) frame window into
adjacent stack redzones.
Introduce a helper pointer to out_obj->package.elements and use it
to validate each buffer length against its destination field size
before copying, returning -EINVAL if the firmware supplies an
oversized buffer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 before d3af83e327565a9444cebc0db714cb837e493046; 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 before c5a31b4e7e37c92550be9a2edf51ca853a4d251a; 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 before a2151624b55029dad0ca7efd17fb83a0461c8843; 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 before 6d4ed2fd022bc862b156e53aae163b61259e1caa; 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 before 15d2b7f38f95d28652170344f39ee492c55e567c; 0db89fa243e5edc5de38c88b369e4c3755c5fb74 before ced45be0073a8a31b30b4a7f68cd3a15734515de; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89587
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89587
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15d2b7f38f95d28652170344f39ee492c55e567c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d4ed2fd022bc862b156e53aae163b61259e1caa
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2151624b55029dad0ca7efd17fb83a0461c8843
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a31b4e7e37c92550be9a2edf51ca853a4d251a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced45be0073a8a31b30b4a7f68cd3a15734515de
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3af83e327565a9444cebc0db714cb837e493046
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