# CVE-2026-93079: cxl/features: Reject Get Feature count larger than the output buffer

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 5908f3ed6dc209e5c824e63afda7545805f75a7e, fixed in 3f02031a0a53de0d3ef066c92d0486b2b11be40c; from 5908f3ed6dc209e5c824e63afda7545805f75a7e, fixed in 329ea475581c647a680a6937e353c1a6e2534b40; from 5908f3ed6dc209e5c824e63afda7545805f75a7e, fixed in 4bf6bac375076ced2fa4b3fef8739bd985f93456
- Linux: 6.15
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.15.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/features: Reject Get Feature count larger than the output buffer cxlctl_get_feature() sizes its output buffer from the user's fwctl_rpc.out_len, but the device is told to write cxl_mbox_get_feat_in.count bytes into rpc_out->payload, which is a separate user-controlled value. Nothing bounds count against out_len, so a small out_len with a large count overflows the kvzalloc()'d buffer. A heap OOB write reachable from FWCTL_RPC. Reject requests where count exceeds the available payload room, before allocating.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f02031a0a53de0d3ef066c92d0486b2b11be40c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/329ea475581c647a680a6937e353c1a6e2534b40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf6bac375076ced2fa4b3fef8739bd985f93456

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