CVE-2026-23156
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
14/02/2026
Last modified:
18/02/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get()<br />
<br />
efivar_entry_get() always returns success even if the underlying<br />
__efivar_entry_get() fails, masking errors.<br />
<br />
This may result in uninitialized heap memory being copied to userspace<br />
in the efivarfs_file_read() path.<br />
<br />
Fix it by returning the error from __efivar_entry_get().
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3960f1754664661a970dc9ebbab44ff93a0b4c42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b22ec1685ce1fc0d862dcda3225d852fb107995
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/510a16f1c5c1690b33504052bc13fbc2772c23f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b8ca709eeeabcc11ebba64806677873a2787a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4e15a0a4403c96d9898d8398f0640421df9cb16



