High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2026· Updated Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-23354
CVE-2026-23354
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/fred: Correct speculative safety in fred_extint()
array_index_nospec() is no use if the result gets spilled to the stack, as it makes the believed safe-under-speculation value subject to memory predictions.
For all practical purposes, this means array_index_nospec() must be used in the expression that accesses the array.
As the code currently stands, it's the wrong side of irqentry_enter(), and 'index' is put into %ebp across the function call.
Remove the index variable and reposition array_index_nospec(), so it's calculated immediately before the array access.
Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.9.1,<6.12.77
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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