cxl: Fix CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE to match RAS Capability size
CVE-2026-80662 · published 28 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.1 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 2905cb5236cba63a5dc8a83752dcc31f3cc819f9 to < d031617045dc743764ea574432e5c2a3757b4e57, 2905cb5236cba63a5dc8a83752dcc31f3cc819f9 to < e3e8f3b760bcf6a4b3aec412015b74b578729006, 2905cb5236cba63a5dc8a83752dcc31f3cc819f9 to < 6fc1919a6f2ed541484dd1f6cd93374044f8fd3d, 2905cb5236cba63a5dc8a83752dcc31f3cc819f9 to < fc5eb0962a5e50d64e711817cc24d67df2d90528
- Linux Linux: 6.2
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl: Fix CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE to match RAS Capability size
The CXL r4.0 8.2.4.17.7 RAS Capability Structure has total length 0x58
bytes (CXL_RAS_CAPABILITY_LENGTH); the Header Log occupies the trailing
64 bytes at offset 0x18. CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE was defined as SZ_512,
eight times the actual on-device size.
header_log_copy() reads CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE_U32 (128) dwords from the
RAS capability iomap, overrunning the 88-byte mapping by 448 bytes.
The cxl_aer_uncorrectable_error trace event memcpy()s CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE
(512) bytes from its source. For the CPER caller the source is
struct cxl_ras_capability_regs::header_log[16] (64 bytes) embedded in a
stack-local cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data, so the memcpy reads 448 bytes
of kernel stack into the trace event ring buffer where userspace can
read it via tracefs.
Set CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE to 64 and derive CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE_U32 from it,
bringing all iomap readers into agreement on 16 dwords. Userspace tools
such as rasdaemon have grown a dependency on the buggy 512-byte (128 u32)
header_log layout in the cxl_aer_uncorrectable_error trace event. Add
CXL_HEADERLOG_TRACE_SIZE_U32 = 128 and use it for the trace event
__array and its memcpy to preserve that ABI. Both callers now pass a
zero-filled u32[CXL_HEADERLOG_TRACE_SIZE_U32] staging buffer with only
the first CXL_HEADERLOG_SIZE_U32 (16) entries populated from hardware;
the remaining 112 u32s are zero-padded, keeping the 512-byte trace ring
buffer layout intact.
[ dj: Replaced 64 with SZ_64 per RichardC ]
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d031617045dc743764ea574432e5c2a3757b4e57
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e8f3b760bcf6a4b3aec412015b74b578729006
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fc1919a6f2ed541484dd1f6cd93374044f8fd3d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc5eb0962a5e50d64e711817cc24d67df2d90528
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c268f949e219f9e179558e836f457f6c5fbec416
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