VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-23156

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-02-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get() efivar_entry_get() always returns success even if the underlying __efivar_entry_get() fails, masking errors. This may result in uninitialized heap memory being copied to userspace in the efivarfs_file_read() path. Fix it by returning the error from __efivar_entry_get().

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references