High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89725
media: cec: stm32: prevent out-of-bounds write on RX overflow
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: cec: stm32: prevent out-of-bounds write on RX overflow
stm32_rx_done() appends each received CEC byte to rx_msg.msg[] using
rx_msg.len as the write index, incrementing it on every RXBR
(receive-byte-ready) interrupt without checking it against the buffer
size:
cec->rx_msg.msg[cec->rx_msg.len++] = val & 0xFF;
rx_msg.msg[] is a fixed CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE (16) byte array in struct
cec_msg, and rx_msg.len is only reset on RXACKE/RXOVR or after a
completed message (RXEND). The number of bytes received before RXEND is
decided by the remote CEC device (it sets EOM), not by the driver. A
peer that keeps sending bytes without ending the message drives RXBR
repeatedly, pushing rx_msg.len past 16 and writing peer-controlled bytes
out of bounds into the surrounding memory. This is reachable in normal
operation once the driver has probed and receiving is enabled, from the
IRQ thread, without any local privilege.
The length check in the CEC core runs on the consumer side, after the
byte has been stored, so it does not prevent the overflow. Bound the
index in the driver before the store, as the other platform CEC drivers
already do (e.g. tegra_cec), dropping the excess bytes of an overlong
frame.
Found by static analysis tool CodeQL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
d69ae57453c80a2193bcdb3fd762efbec447eecf before f2499b720ea9b874d58770885c6c2e8445a8c3ef; d69ae57453c80a2193bcdb3fd762efbec447eecf before 3df1a4026662121011187247897fe95fd84e8a3a; d69ae57453c80a2193bcdb3fd762efbec447eecf before 37ac45f7d6e3a6a5dcf6452a0b7bad9a543e8344; d69ae57453c80a2193bcdb3fd762efbec447eecf before 1b4fdefd788db990d1805feb5c7b2388de791ecd; d69ae57453c80a2193bcdb3fd762efbec447eecf before c3edd7fb8e3692423a702705509947fc9c30b3d1; d69ae57453c80a2193bcdb3fd762efbec447eecf before 0c260d3f97e52978a8c769bb095ac0901333a3ac; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89725
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89725
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c260d3f97e52978a8c769bb095ac0901333a3ac
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b4fdefd788db990d1805feb5c7b2388de791ecd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ac45f7d6e3a6a5dcf6452a0b7bad9a543e8344
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df1a4026662121011187247897fe95fd84e8a3a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85ce3b175615c2e13bc01e8a1b6b6b6910fde57
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3edd7fb8e3692423a702705509947fc9c30b3d1
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