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.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.14.13,<4.15
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/22022cd8851703a58f67615a17bc7e9e8682785bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/48a428215782321b56956974f23593e40ce84b7anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e185330d902b12fe8e6eb4b8514b5d736d8d66dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/608e1f7bc9d171ab26c1fba288c97fc76363c27dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/67adde6bfdfd563a54b045d59aeb9a2d90c80697nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8be69e9245f805566bac68ffc8574b64735fd996nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab3f7098a3a27175b91cfc947950f5c26855801bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e6b14995fd6fa2c0df8c712d76ab32f0694c31nvdPatch
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