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CVE-2026-81007

ipmi: ipmb: validate write message length

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: validate write message length ipmb_write() read message fields before validating the length byte. A zero or short write can read uninitialized stack bytes. A length smaller than the SMBus header underflows the block write length. Require a non-empty buffer and the minimum IPMB request length. Also require the length byte plus payload before parsing the message.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. · 16 days later

    Published

  3. · 38 days later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-81007, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
LinuxCNA (assigner)3.1High7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Received3.1High7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.13% · top 98% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < 8990c7f6bfc1e7689b7012a7d4d0efb9f07a9c89
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < 94f8d20153e348c79bc14dc25f873470518892da
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < e527cd4e80066e1ed070fdc7c705bde340cdcc62
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < 7d66d54b974cff0a959e188af844d2d110422767
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < 60939bcda6f3f104ef456fdbf3cc5733c0720fb1
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < 5719431ca2b5fa26560bb38f6202f8b97fa3bbb0
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < a84c6e3d188f2c6e674910929eb790634299d6d5
    • affected 51bd6f291583684f495ea498984dfc22049d7fd2 – < 53637506884dbd5c91a89b1a3547d99d80f8ed2c
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 5.3
    • unaffected < 5.3
    • unaffected 5.10.270 – ≤ 5.10.*
    • unaffected 5.15.221 – ≤ 5.15.*
    • unaffected 6.1.188 – ≤ 6.1.*
    • unaffected 6.6.157 – ≤ 6.6.*
    • unaffected 6.12.109 – ≤ 6.12.*
    • unaffected 6.18.50 – ≤ 6.18.*
    • unaffected 7.2.4 – ≤ 7.2.*
    • unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *

References

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Sources

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