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firmware: arm_scmi: Validate BASE_ERROR_EVENT payload size

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Validate BASE_ERROR_EVENT payload size BASE_ERROR_EVENT carries a variable number of message reports, with the count encoded in error_status. The notification parser used that count without checking whether the received payload contained all reported entries. Reject truncated payloads before copying the report array.

Products
Linux
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-98892
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
29 Oct 2026, 18:03 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

firmware: arm_scmi: Validate BASE_ERROR_EVENT payload size

core-cve · Original source

Published 23 Oct 2026, 11:37 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Validate BASE_ERROR_EVENT payload size BASE_ERROR_EVENT carries a variable number of message reports, with the count encoded in error_status. The notification parser used that count without checking whether the received payload contained all reported entries. Reject truncated payloads before copying the report array.

cve:CVE-2026-98892

Linux

Fixed versions: Not specified

Linux

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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