Answer in brief
CVE-2026-81013 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read on empty password write. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 <cecb8154bd5fa6c8ddbd1a4e8216bbc0f0eb9828 || >=8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 <0f9aad08424882dd5714b53d29ae044060890752 || >=8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 <b699e5c1f63a9e79946c35598c8a6f7af2c356b8 || >=8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 <2b2ec354f905c14e3270e8ec3ab50f7d8ad73bab | cecb8154bd5fa6c8ddbd1a4e8216bbc0f0eb9828, 0f9aad08424882dd5714b53d29ae044060890752, b699e5c1f63a9e79946c35598c8a6f7af2c356b8, 2b2ec354f905c14e3270e8ec3ab50f7d8ad73bab |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.6 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 11, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix heap OOB read on empty password write validate_password_input() computes length = strlen(buf) and then checks buf[length - 1] to strip a trailing newline, without checking that length is nonzero first. Writing an empty string (a bare '\n') to current_password or new_password gives length == 0, and buf[length - 1] reads buf[-1], one byte before the heap allocation holding the copied input. KASAN confirms this directly: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in store_password_instance.constprop.0+0x223/0x2a0 [hp_bioscfg] Read of size 1 at addr ffff88811bd8da9f by task sh/13740 ... store_password_instance.constprop.0+0x223/0x2a0 [hp_bioscfg] current_password_store+0x14/0x20 [hp_bioscfg] ... The buggy address is located 23 bytes to the right of allocated 8-byte region [ffff88811bd8da80, ffff88811bd8da88) Reproduced identically via new_password_store. Execution continues past the bad read (the garbage byte only affects whether "length" is decremented by one), so the write completes and returns success; this is a pure information read past the buffer, not a crash, but it is still an out-of-bounds access KASAN correctly flags. Fix by only checking buf[length - 1] when length is nonzero.
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