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CVE-2026-53047

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect sizeof in phys array reallocation The krealloc() call for cap_info->phys in __efi_capsule_setup_info() uses sizeof(phys_addr_t *) instead of sizeof(phys_addr_t), which might be causing an undersized allocation. The allocation is also inconsistent with the initial array allocation in efi_capsule_open() that allocates one entry with sizeof(phys_addr_t), and the efi_capsule_write() function that stores phys_addr_t values (not pointers) via page_to_phys(). On 64-bit systems where sizeof(phys_addr_t) == sizeof(phys_addr_t *), this goes unnoticed. On 32-bit systems with PAE where phys_addr_t is 64-bit but pointers are 32-bit, this allocates half the required space, which might lead to a heap buffer overflow when storing physical addresses. This is similar to the bug fixed in commit fccfa646ef36 ("efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect allocation size") which fixed the same issue at the initial allocation site.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53047
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-24 16:29 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-24 16:29 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux f24c4d478013d82bd1b943df566fff3561d52864 < 22022cd8851703a58f67615a17bc7e9e8682785b, f24c4d478013d82bd1b943df566fff3561d52864 < 67adde6bfdfd563a54b045d59aeb9a2d90c80697, f24c4d478013d82bd1b943df566fff3561d52864 < 608e1f7bc9d171ab26c1fba288c97fc76363c27d, f24c4d478013d82bd1b943df566fff3561d52864 < 8be69e9245f805566bac68ffc8574b64735fd996 …
Linux Linux 4.15, 0 < 4.15, 5.10.258 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.209 ≤ 5.15.* …
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