High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89588
ACPI: APEI: GHES: fix ARM section length accounting after header
8.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: APEI: GHES: fix ARM section length accounting after header
In ghes_handle_arm_hw_error(), after skipping the cper_sec_proc_arm
header with (err + 1), the remaining length was reduced by sizeof(err)
(pointer size) instead of sizeof(*err) (structure size).
That overestimates the bytes left for cper_arm_err_info records and can
let the parser read past the CPER section when err_info_num is large
enough relative to error_data_length.
Use sizeof(*err) so the length accounting matches the pointer advance
and the earlier sizeof(*err) size check.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
242c652849d979d0133c315a42d9acea0ff88390 before 5ff385e9403e87ae33f65b8c38698d3b1e92cfde; 136093ba4161e0080088abff48273f6830a47766 before 452eb28e03015abec6d4bf6488ee567706ade4e1; 87880af2d24e62a84ed19943dbdd524f097172f2 before b48b613073c3d652cb1823c15d16f7067cf4cee4; 87880af2d24e62a84ed19943dbdd524f097172f2 before 903308ea40adf0577d82eab69882faf8836326ce; db103b8bd3a4aca69b1b5fe8831a6ed75ac4b3bd; 6.12.75 before 6.12.109; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89588
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89588
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452eb28e03015abec6d4bf6488ee567706ade4e1
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff385e9403e87ae33f65b8c38698d3b1e92cfde
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/903308ea40adf0577d82eab69882faf8836326ce
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48b613073c3d652cb1823c15d16f7067cf4cee4
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