CVE-2026-23156
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
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().
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.13%• Percentile: 3%
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 6.1.162-1 | < 6.12.69-1 | < 6.18.9-1
- ubuntu•linux
< 6.8.0-117.117 | all
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 6.8.0-1055.58 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
< 6.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 6.8.0-1055.58+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | < 6.8.0-1056.62 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17
< 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
< 6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 6.8.0-1059.65+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | < 6.8.0-1022.26
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 6.8.0-116.116+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | < 6.8.0-1058.61 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.17
< 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.5
all
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References (24)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3960f1754664661a970dc9ebbab44ff93a0b4c42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/510a16f1c5c1690b33504052bc13fbc2772c23f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b8ca709eeeabcc11ebba64806677873a2787a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4e15a0a4403c96d9898d8398f0640421df9cb16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b22ec1685ce1fc0d862dcda3225d852fb107995
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23156
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23156
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/4b22ec1685ce1fc0d862dcda3225d852fb107995
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8278-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8289-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8296-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8296-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8289-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8278-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8393-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8440-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8499-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8570-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8594-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8604-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8605-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8570-2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23156
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8669-1