# CVE-2025-71077: tpm: Cap the number of PCR banks

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in 8ceee7288152bc121a6bf92997261838c78bfe06; from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in 275c686f1e3cc056ec66c764489ec1fe1e51b950; from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in ceb70d31da5671d298bad94ae6c20e4bbb800f96; from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in d88481653d74d622d1d0d2c9bad845fc2cc6fd23; from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in b69492161c056d36789aee42a87a33c18c8ed5e1; from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in 858344bc9210bea9ab2bdc7e9e331ba84c164e50; from bcfff8384f6c4e6627676ef07ccad9cfacd67849, fixed in faf07e611dfa464b201223a7253e9dc5ee0f3c9e
- Linux: 5.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.1.0, fixed in 5.10.248; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.198; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.160; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.120; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.64; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: Cap the number of PCR banks tpm2_get_pcr_allocation() does not cap any upper limit for the number of banks. Cap the limit to eight banks so that out of bounds values coming from external I/O cause on only limited harm.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ceee7288152bc121a6bf92997261838c78bfe06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/275c686f1e3cc056ec66c764489ec1fe1e51b950
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb70d31da5671d298bad94ae6c20e4bbb800f96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88481653d74d622d1d0d2c9bad845fc2cc6fd23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69492161c056d36789aee42a87a33c18c8ed5e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858344bc9210bea9ab2bdc7e9e331ba84c164e50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf07e611dfa464b201223a7253e9dc5ee0f3c9e

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