{"cvss":5.5,"datePublished":"2026-07-19T16:17:48.910","dateUpdated":"2026-09-03T12:46:33.593","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) reject short block-read responses in the GPIO accessors\n\nadm1266_gpio_get() and adm1266_gpio_get_multiple() both compose the\npin-status word as\n\n\tpins_status = read_buf[0] + (read_buf[1] << 8);\n\nright after i2c_smbus_read_block_data(), guarding only against an\nerror return.  A well-behaved device returns 2 bytes for\nGPIO_STATUS/PDIO_STATUS, but the helper happily reports a 0- or\n1-byte response too.  If the device returns 0 bytes, both read_buf\nslots are uninitialized stack memory; if it returns 1 byte, read_buf[1]\nis.\n\nThe composed value then flows through set_bit() into the caller's\n*bits in adm1266_gpio_get_multiple(), or into the return value of\nadm1266_gpio_get(), and ends up in userspace via gpiolib (sysfs and\nthe char-dev ioctls).  That leaks a few bits of kernel stack per\nrequest on any device whose firmware glitch, bus error, or hostile\nslave produces a short block-read response.\n\nAdd the missing length check to both call sites and surface a short\nresponse as -EIO.","id":"CVE-2026-64083","raw":{"affected":[{"affectedData":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"fd9196aad9e5a3845cea17de3405ebc700382142","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"ee4799becf7d2af3778007e22c2e55c4009a49c7","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"c603b6c6840ac0c6285f5eefea0de6242710af21","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"a2d1c819348b36fccbbfcf37c5fa7a50a9b4528f","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"ae25cf2ea9ebd06d7ad416647dbdc7b5d0172946","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"eb3cd9bb590460c6127145cb245be925d23f5232","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"64fa9328948ddcc0f7f3c23ea1756c126d9dffac","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"a7232f68c43ca62f545049b7f5fbfc75137b843b","status":"affected","version":"d98dfad35c38c037b37c4adc99df01da571031a5","versionType":"git"}]},{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"5.10"},{"lessThan":"5.10","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.10.258","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.15.209","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.1.175","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.6.142","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.92","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.18.34","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.0.11","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.1","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"cpeMatch":[{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"2DF65560-A687-49D3-8FB4-E612C0BD541C","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.258","versionStartIncluding":"5.10","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"919C10A9-7951-4A74-BADD-C135A0A8D8B4","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.209","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"92385813-D91D-480D-83A1-F423D2CBB2BA","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.175","versionStartIncluding":"5.16","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FBFF77B0-526A-4AF1-84D0-ED7187624A67","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.142","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"9CB90BD9-95B7-4D7F-9F17-4ECE6CFB66C9","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.92","versionStartIncluding":"6.7","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"A4B1EF6D-18D7-4838-BC37-7499D5DCC3C0","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.34","versionStartIncluding":"6.13","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"0520D091-FC52-4A50-AF07-70AE7D08B750","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.11","versionStartIncluding":"6.19","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"B1EF7059-E670-45F4-B422-54C40FA86390","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"0D38F0BF-A728-4133-A358-D44A2F7EE6D6","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"EC732D08-5F7B-46D9-B154-E60C7F4F0A97","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"E5910A9D-F60A-409A-B486-FE66BFEBA9B9","vulnerable":true}],"negate":false,"operator":"OR"}]}],"cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) reject short block-read responses in the GPIO accessors\n\nadm1266_gpio_get() and adm1266_gpio_get_multiple() both compose the\npin-status word as\n\n\tpins_status = read_buf[0] + (read_buf[1] << 8);\n\nright after i2c_smbus_read_block_data(), guarding only against an\nerror return.  A well-behaved device returns 2 bytes for\nGPIO_STATUS/PDIO_STATUS, but the helper happily reports a 0- or\n1-byte response too.  If the device returns 0 bytes, both read_buf\nslots are uninitialized stack memory; if it returns 1 byte, read_buf[1]\nis.\n\nThe composed value then flows through set_bit() into the caller's\n*bits in adm1266_gpio_get_multiple(), or into the return value of\nadm1266_gpio_get(), and ends up in userspace via gpiolib (sysfs and\nthe char-dev ioctls).  That leaks a few bits of kernel stack per\nrequest on any device whose firmware glitch, bus error, or hostile\nslave produces a short block-read response.\n\nAdd the missing length check to both call sites and surface a short\nresponse as -EIO."}],"id":"CVE-2026-64083","lastModified":"2026-09-03T12:46:33.593","metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"cvssData":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":5.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":3.6,"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary"}]},"published":"2026-07-19T16:17:48.910","references":[{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64fa9328948ddcc0f7f3c23ea1756c126d9dffac"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d1c819348b36fccbbfcf37c5fa7a50a9b4528f"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7232f68c43ca62f545049b7f5fbfc75137b843b"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae25cf2ea9ebd06d7ad416647dbdc7b5d0172946"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c603b6c6840ac0c6285f5eefea0de6242710af21"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb3cd9bb590460c6127145cb245be925d23f5232"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4799becf7d2af3778007e22c2e55c4009a49c7"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9196aad9e5a3845cea17de3405ebc700382142"}],"sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","vulnStatus":"Analyzed","weaknesses":[{"description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-noinfo"}],"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary"}]},"severity":"MEDIUM","source":"nvd","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (pmbus/adm1266) reject short block-read r..."}