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CVE-2026-97423: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access construct_reg

CVE-2026-97423 · Severity: info · Published 2026-09-24

Executive brief

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access

construct_region() reads cxled->part and uses it to index cxlds->part[] without checking for a negative value. If the partition was never resolved, part remains at its initial value of -1, causing an out-of-bounds array access.

Add a guard to return -EBUSY when part is negative.

The check was dropped during a merge.

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