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CVE-2026-23156

Updated on 14 Feb 2026

Severity

7.8 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.8
Links
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Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get() efivar_entry_get() always returns success even if the underlying __efivar_entry_get() fails, masking errors. This may result in uninitialized heap memory being copied to userspace in the efivarfs_file_read() path. Fix it by returning the error from __efivar_entry_get(). A flaw was found in the efivarfs component of the Linux kernel. This vulnerability, an information disclosure issue, arises from incorrect error handling in the efivar_entry_get function. An unprivileged local attacker can exploit this by reading from efivarfs, potentially causing uninitialized kernel memory to be copied to userspace. This could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive kernel memory contents, which may aid in bypassing security mitigations.

Details

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 10 Released
27 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.28.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.33.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.38.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.42.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.43.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
Amazon Linux 2023 Released
46 kernels
  • 6.1.79-99.164.amzn2023
  • 6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023
  • 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023
  • 6.1.90-99.173.amzn2023
  • 6.1.87-99.174.amzn2023
  • 6.1.91-99.172.amzn2023
  • 6.1.97-104.177.amzn2023
  • 6.1.94-99.176.amzn2023
  • 6.1.102-108.177.amzn2023
  • 6.1.106-116.188.amzn2023
  • 6.1.102-111.182.amzn2023
  • 6.1.79-99.167.amzn2023
  • 6.1.92-99.174.amzn2023
  • 6.1.96-102.177.amzn2023
  • 6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023
  • 6.1.112-122.189.amzn2023
  • 6.1.111-120.187.amzn2023
  • 6.1.115-126.197.amzn2023
  • 6.1.119-129.201.amzn2023
  • 6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023
  • 6.1.127-135.201.amzn2023
  • 6.1.128-136.201.amzn2023
  • 6.1.129-138.220.amzn2023
  • 6.1.130-139.222.amzn2023
  • 6.1.131-143.221.amzn2023
  • 6.1.132-147.221.amzn2023
  • 6.1.134-150.224.amzn2023
  • 6.1.112-124.190.amzn2023
  • 6.1.140-154.222.amzn2023
  • 6.1.141-155.222.amzn2023
  • 6.1.134-152.225.amzn2023
  • 6.1.144-170.251.amzn2023
  • 6.1.147-172.266.amzn2023
  • 6.1.148-173.267.amzn2023
  • 6.1.150-174.273.amzn2023
  • 6.1.141-165.249.amzn2023
  • 6.1.141-167.250.amzn2023
  • 6.1.147-172.259.amzn2023
  • 6.1.153-175.280.amzn2023
  • 6.1.155-176.282.amzn2023
  • 6.1.156-177.286.amzn2023
  • 6.1.158-178.288.amzn2023
  • 6.1.159-181.297.amzn2023
  • 6.1.158-180.294.amzn2023
  • 6.1.159-182.297.amzn2023
  • 6.1.161-183.298.amzn2023
Debian 13 Planned —
Oracle Linux 10 Released
28 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.28.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.31.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.33.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.38.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.41.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.42.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.43.1.0.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
RHEL 10 Released
30 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.28.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.33.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.38.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.41.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.42.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.43.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.9.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.11.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
Rocky Linux 10 Released
21 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.41.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
Ubuntu 24.04 Released
43 kernels
  • 6.8.0-35.35
  • 6.8.0-38.38
  • 6.8.0-36.36
  • 6.8.0-39.39
  • 6.8.0-40.40
  • 6.8.0-41.41
  • 6.8.0-44.44
  • 6.8.0-45.45
  • 6.8.0-31.31
  • 6.8.0-47.47
  • 6.8.0-48.48
  • 6.8.0-49.49
  • 6.8.0-50.51
  • 6.8.0-51.52
  • 6.8.0-52.53
  • 6.8.0-54.56
  • 6.8.0-55.57
  • 6.8.0-53.55
  • 6.8.0-56.58
  • 6.8.0-57.59
  • 6.8.0-58.60
  • 6.8.0-59.61
  • 6.8.0-60.63
  • 6.8.0-62.65
  • 6.8.0-63.66
  • 6.8.0-64.67
  • 6.8.0-71.71
  • 6.8.0-78.78
  • 6.8.0-79.79
  • 6.8.0-84.84
  • 6.8.0-85.85
  • 6.8.0-83.83
  • 6.8.0-86.87
  • 6.8.0-87.88
  • 6.8.0-88.89
  • 6.8.0-90.91
  • 6.8.0-94.96
  • 6.8.0-100.100
  • 6.8.0-101.101
  • 6.8.0-106.106
  • 6.8.0-107.107
  • 6.8.0-110.110
  • 6.8.0-111.111
Ubuntu 24.04 AWS Planned —